The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, has called for the establishment of a police post at the boundary between the Oyo and Ogun States, particularly between Ibadan and Abeokuta, to forestall breakdown of law and order.
Speaking on behalf of the monarch on Sunday was Chief Yekini Ayodele, the Baale (community Head) of Bakatari town, who expressed worry at a dispute brewing between two neighbouring towns in the area.
Chief Ayodele said the presence of a police post at the boundary would prevent trouble makers from setting the town ablaze as being threatened by some group of people lately.
In an interview with select journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Ayodele explained that his call for a police post was part of the resolution at the meeting of the Deputy Governors of Oyo and Ogun States and officials of the two governments, as well as community leaders of the affected areas.
After a landmark court judgment in a litigation that lasted for 10 years, the disputed community (Bakatari) was ceded to Ibadan, Oyo State.
However, tension rose in the community following the installation of another Baale in the disputed area by the Osile of Oke-Ona, Oba Adedapo Adewale Tejuoso, lately.
Already, there was an existing Baale, installed by the Olubadan of Ibadanland before the action of Oba Tejuoso, who also has two chiefs in the same community.
To prevent a breakdown of law and order, Ayodele, who was installed by the Olubadan, advocated peace while appealing to the Ido Local government Chairman, Prof. Joseph Adeniyi Olowofela, who is the landlord of the disputed community, to establish a police post within the boundary to check violence in the area.
He said: “Although, I have gone to the appropriate quarters to challenge the illegality being perpetrated in the area, we still feel that the lives of our people are very precious to us.
“We don’t want the people to take laws into their hands, that is why we are calling for the immediate implementation of what was agreed upon by the two state governments of Oyo and Ogun, that a police post be established within the boundary to check trouble makers who often take to violence in the community.
“You can see the huge pillar that was erected by officials of the Federal Government Boundary Commission in the presence of the Surveyor-Generals of Oyo and Ogun States.”
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