Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has donated N2million to
the families of four victims killed by suspected Fulani Herdsmen in the state.
This was made known on Friday by Anthony Eboigbodin, the
Head of Uhunmwode Local Government Council.
He spoke at the end of a Joint Account Allocation Committee
(JAAC) meeting presided over by the governor at Edo State Government House in
Benin.
Two of the victims were killed at Ewu community in Esan
Central, one in Ekpoma area of Esan West and the last in Elele Community, near
Auchi in Etsako West LGA.
Eboigbodin disclosed that the families of the four victims
would get N500, 000 each.
Meanwhile, the bill before the Edo House of Assembly to
establish the Edo State Control of Nomadic Cattle Rearing/Grazing Law has been
rejected by the state government.
The bill, which has scaled through second reading, was
also rejected by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Edo State chapter
of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), among others.
The stakeholders declared their opposition on Thursday at
the public hearing organised by the House of Assembly.
Governor Godwin Obaseki said he was not aware of the bill
he stated did not emanate from him.
By Wale Odunsi
