As a part of efforts aimed toward stopping infiltrations that might compromise the safety of lives in its communities, the Ekiti State authorities has issued a seven-day ultimatum for the evacuation of some non-natives illegally occupying farmlands and border posts between Isan Ekiti and Eda Oniyo, in Ilejemeje Native Authorities Space.
The federal government described the fast evacuation as apt to avert any motion that might threaten the safety of the individuals and their well-being at this era, when circumstances of kidnapping and banditry are escalating throughout the nation.
The Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, handed down the order in an announcement signed by her Particular Assistant on Media, Victor Ogunje, whereas mediating on a land dispute between Eda Oniyo and Isan Ekiti at her workplace in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State Capital.
The state authorities’s motion adopted a petition written by Eleda of Eda Oniyo, Oba Julius Awolola, complaining in regards to the ceding of a sprawling parcel of land to individuals suspected to be non-natives by the Isan group, which they mentioned might gasoline insecurity alongside that axis.
Interacting with the stakeholders, Mrs Afuye, posited that Governor Biodun Oyebanji is working assiduously to offer a water pressure safety for Ekiti residents, saying nothing shall be allowed to thwart such actions being taken to thrust back bandits and killers from the state.
Mrs Afuye added that it might be counterproductive and harmful for individuals whose roots and histories can’t be simply traced to be allotted any farmland in Ekiti for habitation or farming, given the ferocious stage of insecurity within the nation.
She instructed the monarchs of the 2 communities to instantly convey the message to the occupants, instructing them to vacate the farmland and be certain that the order is absolutely complied with.
“Everyone knows what is going on across the nation now. Eruku in Kwara State, the place individuals have been killed and kidnapped, is just a few kilometres away from Eda Oniyo Ekiti, so we gained’t take something as a right. We gained’t await our individuals to be killed earlier than taking motion.
“We’re giving an ultimatum of seven days for these non-natives, who have been alleged to be occupying the farmland, to go away. The 2 communities ought to evacuate earlier than they begin spreading and posing a hazard to us.
“The standard rulers are our leaders. They’re peace makers. They need to go and execute the order directly. We don’t need any downside in Ekiti”, she mentioned.
Talking towards the backdrop of a land dispute between the cities over the disputed land, Mrs Afuye assured that the boundary technical committee will go to the place for everlasting demarcation, which can resolve the bedlam.
Chatting with the petition written by his group, Eleda of Eda Oniyo, Oba Julius Awolola, acknowledged that the continued presence of non-natives on the disputed land at Igbo-Ore farm poses a hazard to his topics, commending the federal government for its motion.
The monarch accused the inhabitants not solely of posing a hazard but additionally of embarking on indiscriminate tree reducing to supply charcoal in defiance of the federal government’s order and pronouncement, which prohibited such an unlawful follow.
