Supreme Court didn't cede any of our lands to Erinle - Offa Community

Date: 2021-09-14

The people of Offa in Offa local government area of Kwara state under the aegis of Offa Descendants Union (ODU) at the weekend said that the Supreme Court did not in any of its judgments, cede any parcel of lands belonging to Offa to her Erin-Ile neighbour.

The Offa Community also said that it rejected the existing unity road constructed by the then Governor Bukola Saraki in the state and urged the Kwara state government to take full possession of the area.

The current administration of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in view of the resumed clashes had set up a Peace committee that will hopefully find lasting solution to the agelong land disputes.

Recall that Offa and Erin-Ile in Oyun local government areas of Kwara state, have over the decades been enmeshed in bloody clashes over alleged land disputes.

ODU National President Dr Funsho Oladipo, whose address was read by Justice Banji Orilonise (rtd), at a press conference in Offa said," "That the Erin-Ile Community be made to understand that the Supreme Judgments of 1973 and 2018 did not award any Offa Land to Erin-Ile Community; The Kwara state government is advised to take over full possession of the Buffer zone as defined in the Kwara state legal Notices 1, 2, 3, & 4 1997; and that the two communities be encouraged to imbibe the culture of living in peaceful co-existence for the betterment of the two communities and the state."

On its rejection of Buffer Zone, the people of Offa said,"The Unity Road is not acceptable to Offa community as the boundary between Offa and Erin-Ile as well as between Offa local government and Oyun local government on that axis on the ground that the construction of the road violates Section 8 (4) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) as it relates to adjustment of local government boundary."

For lasting peace to reign between the two communities the people of Offa demanded that "The Kere Ipinle boundary established by the Col. Ibrahim Taiwo Peace Accord and signed by the two communities in 1975 which was also gazetted into law by Col. P.A.M Ogar in pursuant to the Kwara State Legal Notice No. 4 1997 must stand."

The Spokesperson said that the union had sent its positions to the peace committee set up by the current Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq led administration.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Igosun     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     SWAN     Idowu Aremu     Isiaka Gold     Ile Arugbo     Yahaya A Paniyaro     College Of Health     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Oyedepo     March 28     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Bello Abubakar     Lanre Olosunde     Ahman Pategi     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Edret Sabi Abel     Omar Gambari     Abdulkareem Alabi     Musa Abdullahi     Adeola Abraham     Ibrahim Mohammed     Eghe Igbinehi     Ayo Salami     Oja-Oba     Yakubu Danladi     Musa Alhassan Buge     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Rafiu Olasile     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Oke-Odo     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Saeedat Aliyu     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Ganiyu Abolarin     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Apaokagi     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Kunbi Titiloye     Oba Of Jebba     Yusuf Mubarak     Hussein Olokooba     Isin     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Oloriegbe     Odo-Owa     Jare Olatundun     All Peoples Party     IF-K     Tunji Olawuyi     Nurudeen Mohammed     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Okin Group     Adisa Logun     Isapa     Ajike People Support Centre     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Ilorin International Airport     Rebecca Bake     Danhawa     Nupe     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Alanamu     Ben Duntoye     Isaac Gbenle     Durosinlohun Atiku     Yahaya Seriki    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Yakub Ali-Agan     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     MAI Akande     Alikinla     Fola Consultant     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Yashikira     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Danladi     Ijagbo     Abikan     Sola Saraki University     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Smart School     07039448763     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     NIRSAL     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Baboko     Bello John Olanrewaju     Peculiar Allowance     Amos Bajeh     Popo-Igbonna     Oja-Oba     Sulyman Buhari     Sulyman Abdulkareem     University Road     Shero     Oke-Ogun     High Court     Demola Banu     Bahago     Joseph Daudu     Innocent Okoye     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Ajeigbe     Folorunsho Alao     Mohammed Ibrahim     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     KSIRS     Olatinwo     Abubakar Aliagan     Agbarere     Olatunji Moronfoye     Salman Suleiman     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Tsaragi     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Ethical College     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Ishaq Salman     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     NIPOGA     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Council Of The Wise     Oluranti Idowu     Jare Olatundun     Kolo     Sanusi Abubakar     Hamid Bobboyi     Guber Aspirant     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Adekunle David Dunmade     Monkey Pox     Balogun Fulani     Sam Onile     Adebara     Makama Of Ilorin     AbdulRazaq Jiddah