Eight wounded in Ekiti, Kwara boundary clash

Date: 2018-03-01

*Fayose, Ahmed set up peace panel

Eight persons have been wounded in a bloody boundary clash between Obbo Ayegunle in Kwara State and Eda Oniyo in Ekiti State.

Youths from both communities used weapons against one another while several property were reportedly destroyed in the mayhem.

Governments of both states have resolved to set up a joint committee for a lasting peace between the two neighbouring communities.

Eda Oniyo is located in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, while Obbo Ayegunle community is in Ekiti Local Government area of Kwara State.

Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, who addressed reporters yesterday after a peace meeting with leaders of the two communities at the Government House in Ado-Ekiti, warned traditional rulers to call their subjects to order.

He warned that the full weight of the law would be brought upon anyone caught unleashing terror in the name of a boundary clash.

To demonstrate his seriousness about lasting peace in both communities, Fayose made the two monarchs of the feuding communities to swear by the Holy Bible that they would not sponsor violence or any act that could lead to a breakdown of law and order.

The governor warned that he and his Kwara State counterpart, Abdulfatah Ahmed, would not hesitate to suspend any traditional ruler whose subjects foment trouble in the two communities.

He said the six-man peace panel would submit its reports in two weeks, but warned youths on both sides of the boundary to stay away from the disputed land.

Fayose said: "We are not interested in bloodshed. Some people don't know the meaning of peace. Because violence pays, that is why they are doing it. There are financiers for every act of violence.

"I blame this crisis on leadership failure. The two sides know the sponsors who left these people in this condition because of some worthless land. If you cannot guarantee peace in your domain, we will suspend you as Kabiyesi (monarch). This should be the last warning to both of you.

"I appeal to the traditional rulers and the local government chairmen in both communities to allow peace to reign. Any young man who causes violence will go for it."

Those present at the peace parley included the representative of Kwara State governor and his deputy, Chief of Staff, Mr Leke Ogungbe, the Chairman of Ekiti Local Government of Kwara State and Ilejemeje Local Government of Ekiti State as well as security chiefs from the two states.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Alapado     Makama Of Kaiama     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     QuickWin     Suwa-Arabs     Post-utme     Ibrahim Jawondo     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Split Diamond Interchange     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Lai Mohammed     National Broadcasting Commission     Saba Jibril     Alaaya     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Tafida     Olatunde Michaels     Kale Kawu     Issa Oloruntogun     Aremu Bose Deborah     Amos Bajeh     ENetSuD     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Ibrahim Mohammed     MATTA Girls Foundation     Idris Garuba     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Alabe     Maryam Ado Bayero     Just Law Forum     Yunus Oniboki     Budo Egba     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Matthew Okedare     Shao     Moshood Mustapha     GANZY     Funmi Salau     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Tanke Road     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Mukhtar Shagaya     Isiaka Danmeromu     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Yusuf Abdulraheem     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     FOMWAN     Babatunde Idiagbon     Aremu Odolaye     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Mohammed Haruna     Balikis Jawondo     Isin     Bank Of Industry     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Yakubu Shaaba     Mohammed Lawal     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Ahman Patigi     Babata     Offa Poly     Oke-Odo     Halimah Perogi     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Rapheal Ashaolu     Yemi Sanni     Code Of Conduct    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Awwal Jawondo     Abdulwahab Ololele     Aso-ofi     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Vasolar     Zaratu Umar     Barakat Community Secondary School     Matthew Okedare     Tsaragi     Bukola Ajikobi     Tsado Manman     Mohammed Yisa     NNPP     Ilorin Durbar     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Fatimat Saliu     Yusuf Aiyedun     MINILS     Al-Ilory     Lucky Omoluwa     Adeniyi Ojo     Alapansapa     Amuda Musbau     Omotoso     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Ilorin     Mashood Dauda     Kwara State Television     Kishira     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Olabanji Orilonishe     Musa Alhassan Buge     Damilola Yusuf     Abegunde Goke     Suwa-Arabs     Osi     BECE     Kolo     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Ilota     Obuh     TIC     Sanusi Abubakar     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Tunde Saad     Sunset Workers     Durosinlohun Kawu     Rafiu Ibrahim     Alagbado     Adamu Atta     Simeon Sayomi     Agor     Nigeria Computer Society     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Mazars Consulting     Otuka     PharmAccess Foundation     Ilorin East     Mustapha Olanipekun     Usman Alkali Baba     Sulaiman Gado     Forgo Battery     Revenue Court     Valsolar Consultoria     Congress For National Consensus     Eleja     Oba Abdulraheem     Mohammed Abduraheem     Offorjama     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Tsaragi/Share     Babata