An 18 year old herdsman, Haruna Ali, has
been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Chief Magistrate Court Ekiti
state for unlawfully grazing his cows in a farmland in Ado-Ekiti, the state
capital. Haruna was arraigned before the Magistrate, Idowu Ayenimo, on Jan 22nd
2016 on a two-count charge of willful and unlawful damage of farm crops at Ago
Aduloju in Ado-Ekiti. The case after the initial hearing was adjourned to today
September 19th.
The magistrate while delivering
judgement, ordered that the sentence should run concurrently, explaining that
the term was minimal because the offence was committed before the Grazing Law
was enacted in the state.
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