By Funmi Ojo
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has constituted a 100 member Land Crisis Resolution Committee to proffer lasting solution to the incessant land disputes between the communities of Ifon, Ilobu and Erin Osun.
In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Chief Kolapo Alimi in Osogbo, each of the affected communities of Ifon, Ilobu and Erin will present 25 representatives each while the state government will be represented by 25 members.
The Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Adetunji Olanipekun Larooye is to be the Chairman of the Committee, while a retired Judge of Osun State Judiciary and Chairman, Osun State Boundary Commission, Justice Moshood Adekunle Adeigbe, is to serve as the Co-Chairman.
According to the statement, Governor Adeleke put in place the Committee with a view to bringing a lasting end to the incessant land disputes among the three affected communities.
According to Chief Alimi, four other traditional rulers in the committee are the Olokuku of Okuku, Oba Abioye Oyebode, Oloba of Oba-Oke; Oba Adams Iyiola Bamidele Yusuf, Oloyan of Oyan, Oba Adekeye Oyedare, and Owaloko of Iloko-Ijesha, Oba Akeem Ogungbamgbe.
Other members are drawn from the security operatives in the state, legal profession, Civil Society Organisation, and Chairman Nigeria Union Journalists, NUJ, Comrade Wasiu Ajadosu.
The statement adds that the committee will be inaugurated by Governor Adeleke,l on Tuesday, 28th of January, 2025.
