Don’t install illegal traditional rulers in Ogun, Abiodun tells Akeredolu

The Ogun State Government has warned its Ondo State counterpart not of the approve and install traditional rulers in any of its communities in the Ogun Waterside local government.

The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Abdulwaheed Odusile, handed down the warning in a statement on Wednesday.

Odusile said Irokun Obinehin, Idigbengben and Araromi Seaside communities are bonafide communities recognised by law as situated in Ogun State, adding that official legal documents dated back to the colonial era and re-affirmed by relevant agencies of the Federal Government attest to this fact.

The statement titled, “Purported Chieftaincies in Irokun Obinehin, Idigbengben and Araromi Seaside”, partly read, “The attention of the Ogun State Government has been drawn to a recent press statement by the Ondo State Government signed by the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Sir Charles Titiloye, purportedly approving the installation of traditional rulers in Irokun Obinehin, Idigbengben and Araromi Seaside communities in the Ogun Waterside local government area of Ogun State”.

“The press statement has expectedly been generating concern within these peace-loving communities in Ogun State”.

“The Ogun State Government wishes to state categorically as follows; that Irokun Obinehin, Idigbengben and Araromi Seaside are bonafide communities recognized by law as situated in Ogun State”.

The Commissioner said it is only the Ogun State Government that has the authority to confer and recognise any chieftaincy title(s) in the communities mentioned above, being legally part of the State.

He equally called on all indigenes and residents of Irokun Obinehin, Idigbengben and Araromi Seaside communities to continue to go about their businesses peacefully and lawfully as the issue is being handled at the highest level of government in Ogun and Ondo states respectively.

He charged the law enforcement agencies to take note and act accordingly to prevent any breakdown of law and order.