Federal Government has thrown its weight behind moves by herdsmen to sue southern governors over the anti-open grazing bill they recently signed into law.
The Special Assistant (Media) to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Dr Umar Gwandu disclosed this while addressing newsmen.
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Gwandu said Nigerians whose rights had been violated could go to court to seek protection.
He stated this as state police commands on Sunday differed on the enforcement of the law.
While Ebonyi and Osun state police commands said that they would enforce the law against the wish of the Federal Government, a source in the Lagos State Police Command stated that the police would only protect the enforcement team of the state.
The Rivers State Police Commissioner, Friday Eboka, on his part, said he had not seen a copy of the state’s anti-open grazing law.
But a top police officer said it would be difficult for state commands to enforce the law without the support of force headquarters.
Most southern states, including Lagos, Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Abia, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, and just recently, Delta and Ogun states, signed the anti-open grazing bill into law.
