President Muhammadu Buhari has lambasted Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State…

“What happened in Benue State was unfortunate and we foresaw it and we asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to go to the archives and find out from the First Republic; there were cattle routes, there were grazing areas and even veterinary clinics.”

“The movement is quite predictable. Structures have been tampered especially with grazing routes and we have sent these to the governors and for Benue I expect the governors to insist that the routes should be reopened. The cattle are already in Bayelsa, are they going to the Atlantic from there?”