Nigeria: Govt Blames Anti-Open Grazing Law for Killings By Herdsmen

25 January 2018

In a defiant tone Thursday, the Federal Government blamed the passage of anti-open grazing law in some states as the cause of the recent killings by herdsmen in some of the states.

The government has been accused of bias in its handling of the crisis, with critics asking why perpetrators of the violence have not been arrested.

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