Days ago, Abubakar Malami
(SAN), the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) granted an interview to
Channels Television in which he faulted Southern Governors’ ban on open
grazing. The AGF is wrong; Southern Governors are right, and here’s why:
Before one can graze, he must be a cattle rearer or a herdsman. The herdsman would have to enter another person’s land. If the herdsman is grazing on his own land, it does not implicate any legal, safety or economic issues because the land belongs to him. But when he goes upon another man’s land to graze without permission or some leave and license, he commits trespass, civil and criminal trespass to boot.
