Obasanjo Speaks On Burning Of His Farm

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has condemned the burning of his 2,420 hectares of farm in Howe in Aliade area of Gwer East Local Government of Benue State, over the weekend.

The 84-year-old ex-President and former military leader described the incident as a bad development, noting that those who committed the crime will be found by security agents and would face the wrath of the law.

The ex-president had acquired about 2,420 hectares of farmland in the community, where he planted fruits such as mango and orange.

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Some indigenes, who claimed they were not compensated for the land, had allegedly set the farm on fire, beat up and robbed the firefighters deployed in the area to put out the fire.

Reacting in a release to the burning of his farm in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Tuesday, Obasanjo said “the local and state governments, including the security agencies in the state, have taken up the issue, with a view to fishing out the perpetrators and prosecution”.

The statement was titled, ‘Obasanjo condemns burning of farm in Benue.’

The former President thanked those who had called him to identify with him on the incident.

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