The Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority (OYRLEA) has arrested a herdsman with nine cows while grazing along the fence of the Oyo State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan.
The cows were grazing openly by the motorcycle park, otherwise known as ‘Okada’ park, beside the Secretariat gate.
The OYRLEA Taskforce, with the support of other security personnel, effected the arrest of the herdsman with the cows.
Speaking on the offence as tantamount to the extant laws on anti-open grazing of 2019, as established by the State, the Chairperson, Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority, Hon. Justice Aderonke Aderemi, ordered the prosecution of the offender without further delay.
Sitting at the Tribunal on the charge number OYRLEA/19/12/2024, which was held at the Ministry of Environment the same day, N.Y. Aderibigbe, the prosecuting counsel, levied a four-count charge on the offender, drawn from the anti-open grazing law of Oyo State, 2019.
The offender, Nurudeen Semiu, on arraignment, acceded to the first two of the charges and pleaded not guilty to the others.
At the end of the trial, the presiding officer, Barrister Kunle Abimbola, pronounced judgment as it relates to open rearing count charges and admitted the option of a ₦1,700,000 fine or five years imprisonment for the offender.
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