The Oyo State government has urged the Onigbope Royal family, Erinjakun, Aare and others in Oorelope Local Government area of Igboho, to maintain peace over boundary dispute in their communities.
The Chairman, State Technical Committee on Boundary Dispute Resolution, Surveyor Alaba Abiodun, gave the charge during a fact-finding mission to Igboho, headquarters of Oorelope Local Government, over crisis that ensued between the Onigbope Royal Family, Aare and other villages on boundary matters.
He stated how Governor ‘Seyi Makinde frowned at the fracas that happened between some communities in Igboho over road blockage that led to boundary dispute in the area, which claimed lives of some citizens of the state.
Citing the peace-loving nature of Gov. ‘Seyi Makinde, Surveyor Abiodun noted that violence cannot bring any development to the society.
He further disclosed that there were about seven families fighting over seven different lands in different villages in Igboho, Oorelope Local Government areas of the state.
He then called on community leaders, youth leaders and politicians in the area, to shun violence and allow peace to reign in their domain for the interest of the next generation.
“There should be boundary dispute team across the local government areas of the state, this will make the work of the boundary dispute committee in the state to be more faster and easier”, he stated.
In his remarks, the Chairman, Oorelope Local Government, Igboho, Hon. Akeem Adepoju, said he would set up the local government boundary dispute team, to put an end to the land boundary crisis in some villages and communities in the area.