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.

Bello John Olanrewaju     FERMA     Aremu Bose Deborah     Col. Taiwo     Laboratory-to-Product     Jumoke Gafar     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     AGF Abdulrazaq     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Ganiyu Abolarin     Lithium     Nigeria Computer Society     Amusement Park     Yunus Lawal     Ramadhan     Dauda Adesola     Toyin Abdullahi     Curfew     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Kazeem Oladepo     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Congress For National Consensus     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Voices Of Tomorrow     UNILORIN Alumni Association     N-Power     Oro Grammar School     Mope Dasuki Belgore     KWASAA     Tuesday Assayomo     Elerinjare     Suleiman Abubakar     Kwara Apc     Afonja Descendants Union     Okedare     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Sanitation Exercise     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Eruku     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Olawuyi     Ibrahim Abiodun     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Makama     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Saad Omo Iya     TETFUND     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Valsolar     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Allocation     Bibire Ajape     NNPP     Danladi     Musa Abdullahi     Sunset Workers     Bamidele Aluko     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Ilofa     Ilorin Airport     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Matthew Babaoye     Hakeem Lawal     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Jamiu Oyawoye     Aminu Adisa Logun     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Emir Of Ilorin     Esinrogunjo     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Abdulwaheed Musa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Borgu     Dairo Kunle Paul     Ibrahim Bio     Vasolar Consultoria     Durosinlohun Atiku     CT Ayeni     Shehu Adaramaja     Baruten     Post Utme     SGBN     Sherif Sagaya     Aisha Gobir     David Oyedepo     KWIRS     CCEPE     Bola Olukoju     Young Progressives Party     Ajia-Bako     Tunji Olawuyi     Alikinla     Ariyo     Bursary     Ayobami Akanbi     Bayo Ojo     Lanre Issa Onilu     Joseph Offorjama     Kehinde Boyede     Fareedah Dankaka     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Jebba     Baaziki Sulaiman     CCT     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Iyiola Oyedepo     Wasiu Onidugbe     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Sidikat Alaya     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Dogara     Maryam A. Garuba     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Garment Factory     KWAFFA     Matthew Babaoye     Mohammed Ibrahim     Funmi Salau     Yusuf Arowosaye     Femi Ogunsola     Tunji Arosanyin     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Presidential Election     Kale Bayero     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Alaaya     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Yusuf Badmus     Lateef Alagbonsi     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Rex Olawoye     Tosin Saraki     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Sulyman Tejidini     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     A.O. Belgore     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Moshood Mustapha     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     ER-KANG Mining     Oba Abdulrahim     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Suwa-Arabs     Saraki