By Gani Muhammed Around 1979 a herdsman physically assaulted Chief Oloda, now late, of Igboyagba compound of Ojo quarter in Ajowa Akoko. The community quickly organised a team of young men who subsequently arrested the fleeing offending herdsman and their head were made to pay for the medical treatments and certain ransom. That was when herded cattle were owned by the Fulanis. Then came the liberalisation of cattle rearing which was hastened by the pressure to hide stolen public wealths by the Nigerian elites within Nigeria but away from the preying eyes of anti-graft agencies. This new phase of the