The Mogajis in Ibadanland, Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), Baales, Ibadan Compound Peace Initiative (ICPI) and prominent sons and daughters of Ibadanland have knocked the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi over an incident that led to burning a grader belonging to Lagelu Local Government of Oyo State.
The stakeholders said the incident happened following an initial press release by them, issued to warn Oluwo to desist from trespassing on Ogburo land, a border community between Oyo and Osun States.
A statement jointly signed by the President of Ibadan Mogajis, Mogaji Asimiyu Ariori and ICPI Coordinator, Mogaji Nurudeen Akinade lamented that a grader belonging to Lagelu Local Government was burnt down because the Local Government chairman is grading all roads in the local government belonging to Oyo State, which Ogburo area is not exempted.
According to the stakeholders, the perpetrators allegedly mobilized themselves and burnt down the grader overnight around the Papa area.
“Ibadanland has now resolved to tackle the issue because many had already been injured, monarch of the community, Ologburo installed by Olubadan has already been sacked and banned from entering the community.
“Ibadan people have resolved to mobilize ourselves and escort Ologburo back to his palace, and we are ready to mount the Ibadan bill board to the boundary at a date to be announced.
“We are now waiting for whoever has two heads to come and stop us from getting to Odo-Oba, which is a boundary between Ibadan and Osun State.
“The Iwo people alleged that Lagelu local government is grading their land, they are claiming that Oyo State is grading their land, the grader is about to get to Papa before it was burnt down overnight.
“You can imagine a property worth millions of naira belonging to Oyo state that was burnt by the Iwo people.”
