Reports had indicated that some suspected gunmen in the early hours of Saturday invaded the area and killed a number of cows, while leaving some others injured.
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The Chairman, Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Alhaji Kamorudeen Abiodun Aderibigbe, stated this over the weekend while speaking with reporters on the preparation for the training exercise for Directors of Administration, Directors of Personnel and Directors of Finance in the State Civil Service towards conducting a hitch-free promotion exercise for the workers.
The governor said the father of Aborode told him that his son’s death had political undertone.
The governor spoke during a special two and a half hours live programme aired by the network service of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State, titled: “The Governor Explains.”
Governors present at the meeting include Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, and Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State.
The Director of the Islamic rights organisation, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, said this in a statement in the early hours of Wednesday.
Alhaji Garba Mohammed, Kano State Commissioner for Information, who led the state government delegation, gave each of the victims N100,000 on Tuesday in Ibadan.
In her response to the divorce petition, Onowonuola, alleged that her mother-in-law turned her into a ‘slave’.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the visiting governors were Alhaji Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State.
He was the pro-chancellor of the First Technical University, whose Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ayobami Salami, was the chief host at the ceremony.
The governor disclosed that a judicial panel will also be inaugurated to investigate the crisis, adding that Peace and Security Committees will equally be put in place in all the zones of the state with a view to addressing the grievances and ensuring justice is served.
This is contained in a statement issued by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Dr AbdulAzeez Olatunde, and made available to newsmen on Monday, in Ibadan.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a misunderstanding between two men of different ethnic extractions at the Shasa market in Akinyele Local Government Area in Ibadan sparked off an ethno religious violence that led to loss of lives and properties even as part of the market was gutted by fire.
Makinde made this known in a state-wide broadcast monitored in Ibadan on Monday.
This was disclosed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, in a statement on Monday.
The tribal clash led to the death of a cobbler, Sakirundeen Adeola, while properties worth several millions were destroyed.
Speaking shortly after he revalidated his membership of the party at PU 002, Ward 5, Idi Ose, Ona Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State, Folarin told journalists that the exercise has been very successful and that he was impressed with the large turnout of both the old members for revalidation and new ones, particularly youths and women who now daily throng the polling units across the 351 wards of Oyo State for registration.
Malam Ardo Goge, Leader of the Fulanis at Ladduga, told some Peace Builders and Journalists, who visited four of the new settlements of the Fulanis from Oyo State due to the quit notice given to them, that only 107 of them relocated with their children, women and elderly.
The two governors, who spoke at the Shassa Market and palace of the Baale Shasha, urged the residents of the community and Oyo State, particularly the Yoruba and Hausa, to stop taking laws into their hands.
The violent clash had reportedly led to the death of some residents, destruction of properties and displacement of people in the area.