In bid to enforce the Oyo State Open Grazing Law, a team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Agro Ranger in the Oyo State Command has dislodged some herders from the Aroro Kole community along Igbo Oloyin in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state.
This is following a distress call from members of the community.
Iskilu
Akinsanya, the state Commandant of NSCDC, noted that open grazing had since been
prohibited in Oyo State with the enactment of the Anti-Grazing Laws by the
state government in 2019.
Narrating
the incident in Ibadan on Tuesday, Akinsanya said a herder identified as
Babangida Musa, 21, was arrested on Sunday after a thorough search of the area.
The
Commandant said the herders were seen grazing about 400cows within the community.
He
said investigation showed that the leader of the group of herders, called
Yinusa, 28, and Saidu, 27, came from Ogbomoso.
Yinusa
reportedly said that they were on their way to Ogbomoso.
Items
that were recovered from the herders included cutlass, knife, rope, and a bag.
The
Chairman, Aroro Kole Community, Igbo-Oloyin, Mr. Kole Tijani, urged Governor
Seyi Makinde to provide patrol vehicles and other logistics to improve the
response time of the NSCDC team.
Akinsanya
assured the people of Aroro Kole that the team would continue to embark on
regular surveillance of the area.
He,
however, warned against encroachment and illegal activities of vandals and
their accomplices in the state saying offenders would be made to face the law.
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