{"id":1665,"date":"2021-02-26T07:58:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T06:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=1665"},"modified":"2021-02-26T07:58:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T06:58:01","slug":"grazing-law-benue-govt-releases-210-impounded-cattle-to-fulani-herders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/26\/grazing-law-benue-govt-releases-210-impounded-cattle-to-fulani-herders\/","title":{"rendered":"Grazing law: Benue govt releases 210 impounded cattle to Fulani herders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benue state government on Thursday released 210 cows impounded from Fulani herders who had violated the state Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law of 2017 to their owners.<\/p>\n<p>Handing the cows over to the herders at the government confinement in Makurdi, the Commander of Benue Livestock Guards, Mr. Linus Zaki said that the cows were released after the prescribed fines were paid.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cwe are releasing a total of 210 cows to their owners. We arrested the 140 cows at the Mbalagh council ward of Makurdi Local Government Area, LGA, on February 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also arrested 70 others at Gbajimba in Guma LGA, on February 16, 2021. The two owners came and paid their fines as stipulated by law that is why we are releasing them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we do this I want to advise the herder to understand that we have an existing grazing law that is no respecter of any person. So if they want to do their business in Benue they should do the right thing by applying for land and ensuring that they ranch their cows anything outside that will not be tolerated,\u201d Zaki said.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, the owner of the 140 cows impounded at Mbalagh, Alhaji Abdullahi Haruna commended the government for ensuring the release of his livestock after the necessary payments were made.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, the owner of 70 cows impounded in Gbajimba, Alhaji Mohammed Haro said after following due process his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/23\/plateau-gov-dont-blame-fulani-herdsmen-alone-farmers-also-carry-ak-47-for-self-defence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cattle<\/a> were released without hitches and commended the government for returning the cow.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, the Benue state Secretary of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Ibrahim Galma who observed that four years after the law came into existence, herders were still violating its provisions called for sustained advocacy and sensitization campaign to further arm herders with the provisions of the law.<\/p>\n<p>He said the herders were prepared to embrace ranching, \u201cbut our difficulty is how to strictly observe the law. 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