Five men have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate's Court in Ado-Ekiti over alleged unlawful grazing of cattle on unauthorised farmland and possession of five cattle suspected to have been stolen. The defendants are Abdullahi Maluma, 35; Dengi Umaru, 44; Muhammad Umar, 65; Mohammed Amadu, 18; and Malami Umar, 50. Prosecutor ASP Akinwale Oriyomi told the court that the offences were allegedly committed at Itapaji, within the Ikole-Ekiti Magisterial District, at about 8am on October 14, 2026. He said the alleged offences contravened Sections 2 and 7 of the Prohibition of Cattle and Other Ruminants Grazing in Ekiti State Law, 2016, as well as Section 345 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.
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