Governor Solomon Lalong of Plateau State has accused his predecessor, Senator Jonah Jang, of allegedly masterminding the recent protest in the state over the introduction of cattle ranches as a way of ending the incessant farmers’ and herdsmen’s clashes.
Lalong, who spoke with State House correspondents on Friday shortly after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, stated that what the protesters kicked against was grazing reserve while the state government was talking about ranches.
He, however, noted that the protest was restricted to a few ethnic groups, adding that his government had done a lot of consultations and that all stakeholders including traditional rulers, religious leaders and youth organisations accepted that the state should adopt ranching.
