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.

Akanbi-Oke     Abdulwahab Oba     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Tunde Akanbi     Yusuf Mubarak     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Kwara North     Idi-Ape     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Olupako Of Share     Tafidan Kaiama     Samuel Adedoyin     Rafiu Olasile     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Segun Olawoyin     Ojuekun     Mazars Consulting     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Yakub Lai Gobir     Emir Of Yashikira     George Funsho Adebayo     Www.Kwarareports.com     Ibrahim Abikan     Naira Redesign     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Bolaji Gambari     Akorede     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Manzuma     Muhammad Yahya     Senate President     Saad Omo Iya     Sidikat Alaya     Kayode Alabi     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Saduki Lafiagi     Yemi Sanni     Orisun Igbomina     Third Estate     Bayo Lawal     Oloye     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Hamza Usman     Abdulfatai Baakini     Saliu Mustapha     Eghe Igbinehi     Albert Ogunsola     Bareke     Jaigbade Alao     David Adesina     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Harafat E. Mukadam     International Aviation College     Ayo Salami     IHS Towers     Umaru Saro     Arandun     Reuben Paraje     University Road     Aminu Ado Bayero     Jebba     Oya State     SDP     Balogun-Ojomu     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Saka Onimago     Ajia-Bako     Hijaab     Aro Yahaya     Rashidi Yekini     Dogara     Bola Tinubu     Valsolar Consortium     KFA     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Tanke     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     ARMTI     Curfew     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     March 28     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Musa Alhassan Buge     Gbenga Awoyale     Peculiar Allowance     Pacify Labs     Olabanji Orilonishe     Lateef Fagbemi     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Omar Gambari     Emmanuel Bello     Unilorin FM     Bursary     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Sabo-Oke     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     AGILE Programme     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Saba Mamman Daniel     Igbomina     Olateju Lukman     Umar Danladi Shero     Usman Rifun     Just Event Online     Al-Hikmah University     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Gobir Organization Foundation     Hijab     New Model Police Station     Kwara 2019     Sunset Workers     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Abubakar Suleiman     Oba-Solagberu     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Yekini Adio     Ilorin Muslim Community     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Abubakar Ndakene     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Oluwole Dupe     Ilorin Like-Minds     Femtech     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Kwara State Polytechnic     ASMAU PLAZA     Olatunji Moronfoye     Ilesha-Baruba     Hajj     Bareke     AbdulRauf Keji     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Ajibike Katibi     Saka Abimbola Isau     Millennium Development Goals     Radio Kwara     Idris Garuba     Ita-Nmo Market     Aremu Odolaye     KWATMA     Mazars Consulting     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Ubandawaki     Tosho Yaqub     Shehu Jimoh     CT Ayeni     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Kwara Polytechnic