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ANTI-GRAZING LAW: GOVS CAN’T ENFORCE LAW WITHOUT POLICE COOPERATION, SAYS MAKINDE

OYO STATE GOVERNOR, MR SEYI MAKINDE, HAD SAID GOVERNORS NEED THE COOPERATION OF THE POLICE AND OTHER FEDERAL SECURITY FORCES TO ENFORCE THE ANTI-OPEN GRAZING LAW ENACTED TO STOP FREQUENT CLASHES BETWEEN HERDSMEN AND FARMERS. MAKINDE, ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM HIS CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY, TAIWO ADISA, ON MONDAY SAID THIS WHEN HE HELD AN OVERNIGHT MEETING WITH THE IBARAPA PEOPLE IN IGBOORA. THE MEETING HAD IN ATTENDANCE THE SPEAKER, OYO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, HON’DEBO OGUNDOYIN, COMMISSIONERS, CHAIRMEN AND MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND PARASTATALS, MEMBERS OF THE STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY AND ALL THE POLITICAL APPOINTEES FROM THE IBARAPA ZONE. MAKINDE SAID, THE GOVERNORS ARE AT THE MERCY OF FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN LAWS. THE GOVERNOR ALSO COMMISERATED WITH THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO THE INSECURITY SITUATION, SAYING, HE FELT THEIR PAINS.