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By Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has condemned the burning of his 2,420 hectares of farmland in Aliade, Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State.
Obasanjo described the incident as a bad development, noting that the arsonists would be fished out by security agents.
Recall that arsonists burnt the Orchard farm belonging to the former president over the weekend.
The ex-president had acquired about 2,420 hectares of farmland in the community, where he planted fruits such as mango and orange.
Some indigenes, who claimed they were not compensated for the land, allegedly set the farm on fire, beat up and robbed the firefighters deployed to put out the fire, according to The PUNCH.
Reacting 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 former President thanked those who had called him to identify with him on the incident.