This came barely six days after the government met with the members of the Miyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Ekiti and the southwest over the passage of the State anti-grazing law, which prohibited open rearing of cattle in the state.
Explaining how the rustlers were arrested, the Commander of Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Mr Akin Olorunloni, said the culprits were apprehended along Ifaki-Iworoko road on Tuesday at about 3.30 am.
Olorunloni said the culprits numbering seven came in a white Hummer bus and that they were on their way to Iworoko Ekiti when his men got notice of their suspected moves and gave them a hot chase.
He said the rustlers upon realizing that they were being trailed fled into the bush in different directions, where two were arrested and taken to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Ado Ekiti police headquarters.
Olorunloni disclosed that the driver of the bus succeeded in escaping the scene with the stolen cows and was now being trailed by the police and other security outfits in the state.
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