Benue Killings: Plateau Governor Tenders Unreserved Apology Over Comments

 

The Plateau State Governor, Mr. Solomon Lalong, has apologised for his comments on the killings by herdsmen in Benue State, according to a Punch report.

 

Speaking in an interview with journalists, Lalong said his comments after his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa on Thursday was misinterpreted.

 

It would be recalled that Lalong had in an interview with State House correspondents said that he warned his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, against implementing the state anti-grazing law recently passed into law.

 

Apologising over the comment on Saturday, he said: “I must say that I humbly apologise for my comments."

 

He added: “I apologise for that because neither the argument for nor against helps the matter because it involves lives.”

 

Lalong once again condoled with the people of Benue State over the loss of lives during the crisis, said his comments generated “a lot of social media write-ups.”