The Edo State Government has revealed that it has concluded plans to comb the forests in the state for killer herdsmen and rid the state of criminality.
Governor Godwin Obaseki disclosed this after he went on a fact-finding tour in the Ugo community, Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state during which he reassured the people of his administration’s effort to flush out criminals from the state.
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The Governor said on his official Twitter handle, ‘We have concluded plans to launch an operation to comb forests in the state for killer herdsmen. While on a fact-finding tour in the Ugo community, Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state, I reassured the people of our efforts to flush out criminals from the state.
‘We are going to embark on an operation through which we will vacate anybody who is not supposed to be in the forest. Good enough, there is information about their location; they cannot be more armed than the military.
‘We cannot bring back the lives of those we have lost. All we can do is to make sure that we do not lose many more lives. We will support the LGA Chairman, Sylvester Okoro, to help and support the families of those we have lost.’
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