Oyo, Osun govts meet to resolve boundary dispute

Osun and Oyo State governments, on Thursday, met in Ibadan to resolve boundary dispute between them.
The Deputy Governors of both states, Alhaji Rauf Olaniyan (Oyo) and Mr Benedict Alabi (Osun) led delegation of their respective states to the meeting.
They both appealed to residents of the communities at the boundaries to always live in peace with one another.
The delegates from both states resolved to end the crisis and violent clashes between residents of Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State and Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun State.
Olaniyan called on all affected local governments and respective traditional institutions of border communities to continue to ensure peaceful co-existence among themselves.
The Oyo deputy governor while condemning the tussle between the residents of affected communities as a needless venture, urged them to seek to understand one another’s perspective.
He advised that they should not under any condition resort to violence to prove a point.
Alabi described disunity as the bane of progress and urged the affected community dwellers to tread the path of peace.
He appealed to both dissenting parties to obey court judgement in respect of the law suits on the boundaries.
He urged both parties to take the outcome of the court ruling in good faith.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Oyo State, Prof. Oyelowo Oyewo, advised both parties to accommodate resolution in the interest of the immediate and larger communities.
Oyewo said that both were sister-states and only administrative convenience was what necessitated the division of the old Oyo State into separate federating entities.