Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and other political establishment in the state fed vindicated on Thursday when the Miyetti Alllah lost the legal battle to stop the state’s anti-grazing law.
A Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a suit filed by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore seeking to void the 2017 Open Grazing Prohibition and Establishment Law passed by the Benue State House of Assembly.
Justice Okon Abang held that the plaintiff’s suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/527/2017 was incompetent.
According to him, the plaintiff failed to comply with an earlier order of the court made about 19 months ago, directing it to file an amended originating summons.
The judge awarded a cost of N100, 000 against the plaintiff to be paid to all the 14 defendants before any other step can be taken in the suit.
Speaking on the judgment, Ortom said it was a triumph of the will of the people.
According to him, the judgement indicated that the only way to go is ranching.
