(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ondo Government has said it would henceforth auction any cow seized for destroying farms in any parts of the state.
It said it would no longer give room for negotiation with farmers for compensation when herders destroy their crops through illegal grazing.
Ondo State Commander of the State Security Network known as the Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeyeye, stated these while signing agreement for release of 250 cows.
He said owners of seized cows would be prosecuted and the cows sold off.
Chief Adeyeye said the 250 cows were seized after farmers at Ipogun, Ilara, Owena Dam axis in Ifedore Local Government cried about their destroyed crops.