Nigeria, Jan. 21 -- The Jigawa State Farmers and Herders Special Court has ordered a group of cattle herders to pay N500 million in damages to farmers for the destruction of their crops in the Birnin Kudu Local Government Area.

The judge, Yusuf Abubakar, delivered the judgment on Tuesday, citing Sections 78, 19, and 322 of the Penal Code Law.

The case, instituted by the Jigawa State Commissioner of Police against Ilu Adamu and eight others, concluded after more than two years of legal proceedings.

The defendants were arraigned on a four-count charge, including acting contrary to Section 97 of the Penal Code by allowing cattle to stray into and destroy cultivated farmlands.

Under Section 326, they were found liable for burning a tracto...