The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order restraining the Nasarawa State government and security agencies from arresting farmers or interfering with their rights, pending the resolution of a legal dispute over the alleged forcible seizure of 10,000 hectares of farmland.
The ruling was delivered by Justice Peter Lifu in response to a fundamental rights motion ex parte, marked FHC/CS/ABJ/1044/2024, filed by Sambo Vongjen Esq on behalf of his client, a representative of the affected farmers.
reports that the farmers claimed that the Nasarawa State government seized their ancestral lands for agricultural projects without offering any form of compensation or alternative livelihood. The respondents in the case include the Nigerian Army, the Inspector General of Police, the Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police, the Nasarawa State Governor, and the Nasarawa State Commissioner for Agriculture.
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