The controversy over the anti-grazing law recently passed into law by the Oyo State House of Assembly has assumed a new dimension as Fulani herders in the state have filed a suit against the state government and the House of Assembly, saying it is a gross violation of their fundamental rights.
The idea to pass the bill was mooted in October 2019 and just some weeks after that, it was debated and passed after allowing participation of all stakeholders to air their views. In the suit marked M/744/2019, the herders want the Oyo State High Court to declare the law illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.
Other prayers of the herders is that the court should declare the law as a coordinated attempt or strategy at curtailing their livelihood and further frustrating their lives in breach of the constitutional provisions particularly “section 33 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 goes to naught and same is invalid, null and void”.
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