18-yr-old herdsman escapes Fayose’s law, but bags 2yrs jail term 

An 18 year old herdsman, Ali Haruna, has been sent to prison for 2 years for grazing on a farmland and destroying crops in Ekiti State.

Haruna was sentenced on Monday by a  Chef Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti.

The Magistrate, Idowu Ayenimo, while delivering judgement, said the accused was brought before the court on Jan 22, 2016 over a two-count charge of wilful and unlawful damage of farm crops at Ago Aduloju in Ado-Ekiti.

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He was alleged to have been caught in the midnight grazing his cow in the farm belonging to Abdulahi Yaho and Bello Mohammed, destroying crops worth N3 million.

The magistrate, ordered that the sentence should run concurrently, adding that his sentencing was minimal because the offence was committed before the Grazing Law was promulgated in the state.

By Timothy Enietan-Matthews

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