Zamfara state government has
banned the sale of cows and cattle without receipts to justify that it is not
stolen livestock.
Addressing newsmen in Gusau, the
commissioner of security and home affairs, Abubakar Daura said the rate at
which stolen cows and cattle were being sold in Zamfara markets has become
unbearable and worrisome.
Daura explained that the state
government has decided that the sale of cows and cattle would be carried out
under its watchful eyes, stressing that security operatives in the state has
been instructed to carry out the assignment.
The commissioner noted that five
trailers loaded with cows and cattle were arrested in Kaduna and Lagos state as
they were suspected of being stolen from Zamfara state.
“We have been receiving series of
reports bordering on stolen cows and cattle and the state government has
recovered 500 stolen cows through the committee constituted by the state
government on security issues,” he lamented.
“The state government would no
longer tolerate the sale of cows and cattle with out any receipt in any market
of the state”
Speaking further the commissioner
said the state government has enacted a law which stipulates that no vehicle
would move out of the state or inside the state after 6pm to 6 am.
He assured that security
operatives have been instructed to verify the receipt of cows and cattle being
conveyed, pointing out that before any seller these animals to anybody both the
buyer and seller must take pictures together.
“We introduced this so that it
would be very easy to detect the sellers of stolen cows and cattle and the
buyers of the stolen cows so they can be arrested as the are partners in
crime,” he said.
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