Some yet-to-be identified arsonists have razed down 2,420 hectares of farmland belonging to former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
The farmland called Orcha Farm, located at Howe community, near Aliade, in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State, was reportedly set ablaze, last Saturday.
A resident of the community, who spoke on the ugly incident, claimed that the Orcha Farm had existed in the community without compensation from the former president.
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According to him, “If you trace the incident properly, it may not be far from residents that are angry over move by the farm management to ignore the host community.
“There has not been any Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from Obasanjo’s farm, so, such a crisis should be expected. The people are poor and want a good life”.
Confirming the fire incident, the state’s Director of the Fire Service, Donald Ikyaaza, stated that his men were deployed to the area during the incident and were able to put out the fire.
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He also confirmed that there were indications that the people were fighting for compensation for their land.
The source continue, “Maybe the land was not adequately compensated for, so that’s why they decided to set fire on the farmland. That is the only information I received from my men who went to the scene,” he said.