So Heartless! Court remands Herdsman for grazing on N25m Cassava farm

The police on Thursday arraigned a 30-year-old herdsman, Abubakar Usman, at a Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti state, for grazing on a cassava farmland.

Prosecutor Sgt. Bankole Olasunkanmi told the court that the accused and others at large, committed the offence sometimes in December at Iyemero farm settlement camp ‎in Ikole-Ekiti.

Olasunkanmi said that the accused unlawfully permit his cattle to graze on the 70 hectares cassava farmland property of Bunmi Akingba, valued at N25,000,000 (N25m). 

He said the offence contravened SECTION 2 (i) and punishable under Section 7 of Prohibition of Cattle ‎and other Ruminants Grazing, Ekiti State Law 2016.

The prosecutor also said that the accused and others at large had in their possession offensive weapons contrary to Section 4(1) of the Prohibition of Cattle and other Ruminants Grazing of Ekiti and Punishable under Section 11 of Ekiti State Kidnap and Terrorism (Prohibition) Law 2015.

The policeman told the court that he had forwarded the case file to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice. 

No plea was taken as Chief Magistrate Idowu Ayenimo remanded the herdsman in prison pending the outcome from DPP office. He adjourned the case till March 3rd.