Obasanjo speaking with newsmen
Yesterday, the private residence of former President Olusegun
Obasanjo in Abeokuta, was besieged by hundreds of protesters who are
indigenes of Sango and Ijoko in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of
Ogun state, urging him to prevail on Governor Ibikunle Amosun over the
creation of Local Council Development Area and boundary adjustment.
According to Vanguard, the angry protesters comprising of community
leaders, market women, youths, traditional rulers and religious groups,
urged the former president to intervene in the controversy surrounding
the location of Ota LCDA so as to avoid repeat of Ife and Modakeke
riot.
It was also learnt that the protesters were armed with placards with various inscriptions such as:
"Please, let us avoid a repeat of Ife and Modakeke', 'Let our boundary
from time immemorial remain', ‘For continuous peace, don’t merge us with
Ota LCDA' and ‘We are one since centuries, don’t divide us now," among others.
The protest was a new twist over the proposed creation of 37 LCDAs
out of the existing 20 local government areas by the Governor Ibikunle
Amosun-led administration.
Though Obasanjo was said to be away at the time of the visit, the
protesters submitted a petition at his residence for 'necessary
action.'
The traditional ruler of Igan community in the area, Chief Idowu
Olaniyi, who addressed newsmen, said that they decided to seek
Obasanjo’s intervention being as a chief of Egbaland, because the issue
affects the Egba people.
"We want Obasanjo to help us talk to the authorities to stop
their move to divide Sango. Egba people in the area are suffering. The
boundary arrangement in the proposed LCDA would make us lose all the
basic amenities belonging to Sango communities to Ota area of the local
government," he said.
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