Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State
The Ogun State Government had frowned at the press statement by the Ondo State Government signed by the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Sir Charles Titiloye, purportedly approving the installation of traditional rulers in IROKUN, OBINEHIN, IDIGBENGBEN and ARAROMI SEASIDE communities in the OGUN WATERSIDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA of Ogun State.
In his reaction, Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Ogun State, Mr Waheed Odusile, “the press statement has e generating such concern within these peace-loving communities in Ogun State, that the government has to clarify matters.
According to him, three issues stand out to show the Ondo State government was infringing the rights of communities belonging to Ogun state by law. These issues are:
(a) That IROKUN. OBINEHIN, IDIGBENGBEN and ARAROMI SEASIDE communities are bonafide communities recognized by law as situated in Ogun State.
(b) That official legal documents dating back to the colonial era and re-affirmed by relevant agencies of the Federal Government attest to this fact.
(c) That the Ogun State Government is the only authority that can confer and recognize any chieftaincy title(s) in the communities mentioned above, being legally part of Ogun State; and
He drew the attention of the National Boundary Commission to the press statement issued by the Ondo State Government and urged the commission to take note and act accordingly in line with extant laws and relevant documents.
“The Ogun State Government hereby calls on all indigenes and residents of IROKUN, OBINEHIN, IDIGBENGBEN and ARAROMI SEASIDE communities in OGUN WATERSIDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA of the state to continue to go about their businesses peacefully and lawfully as the issue is being handled at the highest level of government in Ogun and Ondo states respectively, he said, adding; “we equally call on the Law enforcement agencies to take note and act accordingly to prevent any breakdown of law and order.”
