LALONG CAUTIONS NIGERIANS AGAINST SPITTING ON THE GRAVE OF THE BENUE VICTIMS
DIRECTORATE OF PRESS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLATEAU STATE GOVERNMENT HOUSE. PRESS RELEASE. BENUE KILLINGS: LET NIGERIANS NOT SPIT ON THE GRAVE OF THE VICTIMS. The Executive Governor of Plateau State Rt Hon Simon Bako Lalong has expressed serious displeasure at the manner in which reports making the rounds on social media and some broadcast stations, concerning the interview he granted to members of the Press, after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa Abuja of Thursday the 11th of January 2018. The Executive Governor in his clarification on the statement credited to him, in which he was quoted as having said he warned Governor Ortom of Benue state not to implement the anti open grazing law, said it is sad that his expression which bothered on the plateau situation, in which he said he was waiting for the provision of the ranching alternative ahead of the total ban on open grazing in the State, was taken out of context and completely misquoted when his...