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Vice-Admiral To Pay Fulani Herdsman N9 Million Over ‘Detention Of 42 Cows’

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Samuel Olajide Afolayan, a retired vice-admiral of the Nigerian Navy, has been ordered by an Ilorin High Court to pay N9 million being the cost of damages and for illegally and unconstitutionally detaining 42 cows belonging to a Fulani herdsman, Abubakar Abdullahi.

Justice Adeyinka Sikiru Oyinloye gave the judgment in suit NO.KWS/83M/2017, which was delivered on January 9, 2018. The retired admiral was also ordered to pay N500,000 for each day of default of the judgement debt.

The herdsman, Abdullahi, had sought the declaration of the court that the seizure and/or detention of his 60 cows by the respondent was bizarre, unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional.

N10 million  was demanded by the applicant. He also sought the respondent’s unconditionally release of the cows with immediate effect, and another order that the respondent should tender an unreserved apology to be published in two national dailies within two weeks of the judgment.

Narrating his ordeal, Abdullahi stated that security guards attached to Afolayan had accosted his son outside the farm of the respondent in Obo-Ile in Ekiti local government area of Kwara State and pointed gun at him while he was rearing his cows on May 17 2017 and seized the 60 cows.

Despite efforts to get the cows back, the respondent held on to them, insisting that N5 million had to be paid to get them back.

Afolayan in his defence, told the court that the cows were led into his farm on the said day and destroyed his cassava and maize farm worth N2.5m while the applicant burnt his cassava processing plant which made him to insist that he must pay for the losses estimated at N15m, which was later reduced to N5 million after pleas.

While delivering his judgment, Justice Oyinloye said though the applicant claimed 60 cows were involved, the respondent admitted seizing only 42.

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