Fayose signs law classifying grazing with firearms as terrorism

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(Nigeria) Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has made history, as has he has taken the bull by the horn in an effort to check the menace of Fulani Herdsmen in the state, with the new law in the state, which states that any herdsman caught with arms or weapon in Ekiti would be charged with terrorism and be made to face the law.
Fayose signed into law a bill recently passed by the state House of Assembly, the anti-grazing bill, which was read to all traditional chiefs and rulers in Ekiti by Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Kolawole Oluwawole on Monday.
The chiefs were invited by the governor for the meeting at the Osuntokun hall of the Government Gouse in Ado-Ekiti.
Oluwawole said that  the state government was already working with local government officials to apportion portions of land for grazing to all local government authorities in the state.
On the details of the law, Oluwawole said, "Grazing activities must be from 7a.m., to 6p.m., on daily basis. The government shall allot certain portion of land to each local governments for grazing. Anyone caught grazing on portions of land or any farmland not allotted by government shall be apprehended and made to face the law.
"Any herdsman caught with firearms and any weapons whatsoever during grazing shall be charged with terrorism. Any cattle confiscated shall be taken to government cattle ranch at Erifun in Iworoko community.
" Any farm products destroyed by the activities of any caught herdsman shall be estimated by agricultural officer and the expenses of the estimate shall be borne by the culprit, Any herdsman who violates any of these rules shall be imprisoned for six months without option of fine."
Governor Fayose, who signed the bill into law before the meeting of all the traditional chiefs and rulers, said that the purpose of gathering with them was to interface  with the traditional chiefs on security issues in the state, development of the state, and anti-grazing law among others.
Fayose said that he observed the need for his government to work with the chiefs to give valuable information on activities of those who plunder state resources such as trees , farmlands and others.
"My government took the bill to the House after what happened in Oke-Ako some months ago. the House has passed the bill and I have to assent it, it becomes a law from today that if you do anything to the contrary you will be punished by the law. Any herdsman caught with firearms or any weapon while grazing in Ekiti now will be charged with terrorism.
"I solicit for your support for this government to succeed. This is not about party politics and Ekiti should be our primary concern. I'll continue to call you for this kind of meeting every three months to give accounts of governance.
"We want to involve stakeholders in the preparation of the budget, a bottom up approach, we want to maintain the lead of being ranked first as performing best in budget implementation as we did last year," he said.



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