BENUE State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday has stated that there are no cattle routes in his state. The governor stated this when he spoke at NKST Church, Buruku, while interacting with officials of the Christian Association of Nigeria during his re election campaign in the local government area. ALSO READ: What Nigeria needs to worry about ― ObasanjoOrtom said that even if there were such routes which were gazetted he would have de-gazetted them as the current population of the state had made such routes untenable. Governor Ortom stated that at the time such routes were contemplated in the sixties the entire population of the country was about 40 million while the current population is about 200 million thereby foreclosing the possibility of such routes. ALSO READ: Internet to reach 3.9 billion people this year —ITUGovernor Ortom stated that the All Progressives Congress, (APC) controlled federal government failed to forestall attacks on the state by Jihadists who openly declared their conquest and occupation agenda on the state and thereafter failed to give the people justice when they demanded it.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 17, 2019 15:11 UTC