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.

Igbomina     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Prince Bola Ajibola     Michael Nzwekwe     UTME     Timothy Akangbe     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Principal Private Secretary     Ali Ahmad     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Elesie Of Esie     Kale Belgore     Joseph Offorjama     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Bareke     Abdulkadir Orire     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Mukhtar Shagaya     Ilota     Kwara NIPR     Amos Bajeh     VADA     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Aliyu Umar     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Valsolar     Paul Odama     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Abdulrazaq Magaji     AGF Abdulrazaq     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Ibikunle Ogunleye     John Dara     Ajuloopin     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Adesoye     Law School Scholarship     IHS Towers     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Olam Food Ingredients     Mustapha Olanipekun     Photo News     National Broadcasting Commission     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Boko Haram     Saka Abimbola Isau     Sardauna     Chikanda     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Folashade Omoniyi     Simon Sayomi     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Ahmed Dankaya     Seni Saraki     Azeez Salawu     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Abubakar Lah     New Naira Notes     Orisun Igbomina     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Alore     CCB     Olaiya Lawal     Agbarigidoma     Ita-Ore     Salman Suleiman     Bisi Kristien     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Minister     Kwara Volleyball Association     Dan Masanin     Barakat Community Secondary School     Oye Tinuoye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kehinde Boyede     KWASEIC     Manzuma     Council Of The Wise     Valsolar     Ojuekun Sarumi     Bilikis Oladimeji     Kwara United     Mashood Dauda     Mustapha Akanbi     Women Radio     Tanke     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Minimum Wage     Galadima     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Buari Edun     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Wahab Issa     NIPOGA     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Shola Odetundun     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     JUSUN     Vasolar Consortium     Mukhtar Shagaya     IYA ALFA NLA     Kayode Laro     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Gobir Organization Foundation     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Sobi     Innocent Okoye     Post Utme     Ijagbo Health Centre     Dele Momodu     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Ibrahim Taiwo     Okanlawon Taiwo     Fatimoh Lawal     Adijat Adebiyi     SSA Youth Engagement     Tafida     Najim Yaasin     Sabitiyu Grillo     Tunji Ajanaku     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Gamji Members Association     Jamiu Oyawoye     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     JMK Construction Company Limited     Risikat Lawal     CBT     AbdulHamid Adi     Ilorin Airport     Oniye     Amasa     Bursary     Peter Amogbonjaye     Sadiq Umar     Yemi Osinbajo     Jumoke F. Ajao     Atunwa     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Musa Abdullahi     ASUU     Muhammed Aliyu     Kola Ologbondiyan     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Kanu Agabi     Guber Aspirant     School Of Nursing     Reuben Paraje     Solomon Edoja