"Bauchi: Farmers sue govt over allocation of 10,000 hectares of land to Tiamin rice"

A group of farmers and pastoralists from Zindiwa Community in Udubo District of Gamawa local Government Area of the Bauchi State has sued the state government over allocation of 10,000 hecters of farmland to Tiamin Rice limited... The suit number BA/335/22 was filed by Mohammed Bello Yaba, Zindiwa for rice farmers, cooperative society ,against Tiamin rice Limited, Ministry of land and Survey, Attorney General of Bauchi State and the Bauchi State Government.

The group is seeking a declaration that the land of LAN No 39236 Ba/41488 registered on sheet 85SE 20/04/21 ,10,000 hecters of land part of government number three Udubo Grazing Reserve Order 1986 to Tiamin rice being a private company with registration no 1369736 is illegal, null and void.

They argued that allocation of the land to Tiamen by the state government was of no effect having not complied with the due process of the law. The Plaintiffs are also seeking a declaration that the state government did not validly dereserve government No 3 Udubo grazing land prior to the allocation of the land to the company.and to grant an ordrer of perpetual injuction retraing the defendants, their agents or privies ,assigns ,cohorts or any person acting for them or on their behalf from entering into remaining upon perceling alienating,or tempering how so ever with the plaintiffs land giving to them as permit holders .