Aides of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Friday seized a cow found grazing openly in the state.
Mr Ortom had last October warned livestock owners in the state against infringements on the state’s anti-open grazing law.
The governor called for proper ranching of animals and warned that defaulters of the law would be sanctioned.
Irked by the sight of herds of cattle roaming Makurdi metropolis, Ortom ordered the livestock guards to impound any found.
“Herders who refuse to keep their livestock in ranches will be prosecuted in accordance with provisions of the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law, 2017,” he had said.
