Adeleke Calls for Investigation into Alleged Deportation of Indigenes
By Funmi Ojo
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has urged Lagos State counterpart, Governor Babajide Sanwoolu to look into the matter of alleged deportation of Osun indigenes from Lagos to Ilesa area of Osun State.
In a statement by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Governor Adeleke said he spoke with Governor Sanwoolu who was surprised and denied ever authorizing such action.
In a report by an investigation team set up by the Osun State Government, eye witness accounts confirmed that the youths were systematically dropped at Ilesa-Akure Express junction, Breweries; Ilesa – Ibodi – Iginla to Ife Express junction; Osun Ankara Express junction; Imelu Express junction; and Iperindo Express junction.
The state team reported that the dropping of the youths in several luxurious buses by a team suspected to be from Lagos State.
“Governor Sanwoolu has promised immediate investigation to unravel the facts of the situation. The Lagos team will update us as quickly as possible.
Governor Adeleke has, therefore, directed security agencies in Osun State to mount surveillance in and around Ilesa to track the deported youths and their destinations.
It will be recalled that Sahara Reporters had on Saturday published a story about several luxurious buses dropping hundreds of youth at Ilesa after allegedly rounding them up in several parts of Lagos State.
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