Benue ranching: NKST alleges 5,987 members killed, 753 churches destroyed
Ta Targba, who said the Church was not opposed to peaceful livestock farming but strongly rejected the use of Benue as a pilot state for the Federal Government’s ranching policy.
By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Universal Reformed Christian Church, popularly known as NKST Church, has rejected the Federal Government’s proposed pilot ranching programme in Benue State, citing the killing of 5,987 of its members and the destruction of 753 worship centres during attacks blamed on armed herdsmen.“The NKST Church therefore asks: Why should a state whose people have suffered displacement and destruction because of violent conflict now be selected as a laboratory for a policy involving land allocation for the same livestock economy that has been at the centre of these conflicts?
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