Court Sentences Herdsman To 10-Years-Imprisonment In Ondo

• An Ondo court has sentenced a Fulani herdsman to jail in the state.

• The suspect bagged a total of 10 years Imprisonment for crimes including destruction of private properties, amongst others.

A Magistrate court in Ondo state has sentenced a Fulani herdsman to 10 years Imprisonment.

According to reports, the suspect, was sentenced in the court sitting in Akure, Ondo state for violating the anti-open grazing law of the state.

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Speaking during the hearing, the prosecution counsel, Dan-Bello said the defendant destroyed a farmland with its crops worth N50 million.

The defendant was arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, unlawful grazing, malicious damage, breach of peace and illegal entry.

He was arrested for these on October, 27, 2033.

The prosecuting counsel addressed that the herder allowed his Cattle graze on the land, without a permit, an act which violated the Ondo State Livestock Rearing and Grazing Regulation Law, 2021.

She further stated that the incident escalated when one of the herders, who initially escaped, returned the following day with six others and allegedly set fire to the farm, destroying a motorcycle in the process.

Delivering judgement, the presiding judge, Magistrate Damilola Sekoni found the accused guilty, and sentenced him to two years without an option of fine on the fifth count.

Consequently, the court sentenced Dan-Bello to four years imprisonment on the first count without an option of a fine; two years on the second count with an option of N50,000 fine; and one year each on the third and fourth counts.

He was however also given an option of paying the sum of two million naira as a compensation to the complaint.

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