NEWS UPDATE: HRM, THE OLOFA OF OFFA, OBA
MUFUTAU MOHAMMED GBADAMOSI OKIKIOLA OLOYEDE ESUWOYE II TESTIFED IN
CAMERA TODAY B4 THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY SITTING ILORIN. THE SUMMARY OF
HIS TESTIMONIES AMONG OTHERS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: -
* ON THE
ASCENSION OF THRONE TWO AND HALF YEARS AGO, I APPROACHED ELERIN TO
INFORM HIM OF THE VIEW OF OFFA PEOPLE ON THE LAND IN DISPUTE.
* THAT I
HAVE ALWAYS BEING FRIENDS WITH ERIN
PEOPLE. I GAVE HIM AN INSTANCE OF ONE MR. OLAWORE WHO HAPPENED TO BE THE
BEST FRIEND OF MY FATHER AND THAT HE STAYS WITH ME UP TO THE TIME I
MOVED TO MY PALACE.
* THAT WE ARE TO DEVELOP OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER. HE
AGREED WITH ME AND SAID UNTIL OFFA PEOPLE STOP TRESPASSING ON ERIN LAND
WHICH HE SAID ARE ALL LANDS IN DISPUTE.
* I HAD VISITED ELERIN IN HIS
PALACE LIKE SIX TIMES ALL IN THE QUEST TO ESTABLISH AN HARMONIOUS
RELATIONSHIP.
* I HAVE BEEN RELATIN VERY WELL AND CORDIALLY TOO WITH
ELERIN UNTIL NOV. 2012 WHEN TAJUDEEN OLOYEDE, MY PPS WHO IS ALSO MY
BROTHER WAS ARRESTED ALONG THE KWARA UNITY ROAD. HE WAS TAKEN TO ELERIN
PALACE AND DETAINED THERE FOR 4 HOURS BEFORE HE WAS HANDED OVER TO THE
POLICE AT ERIN-ILE AND EVENTUALLY RELEASED AROUND 11PM. ITWAS THEN I
KNEW TGAT ELERIN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCESSANT ARREST OF OFFA PEOPLE
WHICH OF COURSE NEGATES HIS EARLIER STANCE THAT HE WAS NOT IN THE KNOW.
IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT, IT WAS THRU THE SAME TAJUDEEN OLOYEDE THAT I GOT
TO KNOW ELERIN B4 I ASCENDED THE THRONE OF MY FOREBEARS.
* I CAN
QUICKLY SUMMARIZE THAT ELERIN IS THECREMOTE CAUSE OF TGE CRISIS BTW OFFA
AND ERIN- ILE BECAUSE (a) HE DID NOT AGREE WITH THE PEACE ACCORD (b) HE
DID NOT AGREE WITH THE BUFFER ZONE (c) THE UNITY ROAD WHICH HE HITHERTO
AGREED WITH, HAD SAID AGAIN THAT HE DID AGREE WITH IT AGAIN .
* I CAN
ALSO SAY THAT THE ELERIN IS THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF TGE CRISIS BECAUSE I
DID SPEAK WITH BOTH THE NURTW OF OFFA/ ERIN-ILE ON THE NEED TO OPERATE
PEACEFULLY AND THERE WAS PEACE FOR ABOUT 5 WEEKS BEFORE THE CRISIS
ESCALATED .
* I HAD ON MY WAY TO DUBAI SOMETIMES IN DECEMBER STOPPED OVER
AT A PLACE CALLED IDI-IGBA TO ADDRESS THE ERIN-ILE PEOPLE ON THE NEED TO
ALLOW PEACE TO REIGN. AT THE FORUM, ONE OF THE ERIN PEOPLE SUGGESTED
THAT WHY SHOULD I MEET WITH ELERIN ABD I SAID I HAVE MET HIM IN HIS
PALACE SECERAL TIMES IN HIS PALACE WITHOUT HE COMING TO MY PALACE
DESPITE THE FACT THAT I AM NO. 3 IN TGE HIERRACHY OF OBAS IN KWARA SRATE
AND HE IS NUMBER 9.
* I WAS ALSO AT THE AJEGUNLE AREA ON THE 30TH
JANUARY TO PLEAD TO MY SUBJECTS TO DISPEARSE AND GO ABOUT THE LAWFUL BIZ
WHICH THEY DID.
* I, TOGETHER WITH PROF. OYAWOYE WERE THERE AT THE
AJEGUNLE AND WE WERE JUST AT THE ODU SECRETARIAT WHEN I RECEIVED A CALL
FROM DPO OFFA THAT THE ERIN PEOPLE HAVE STARTED SHOOTING AND THEY HAVE
ECEN KILLED ONE POLICEMAN. HE ADVISED ME TO RUN FOR SAFETY .
* I AM LOVED
BY MY SUBJEXTS AND I HAVE THE FIRM GRIP OF MY COMMUNITY AND THAT WAS WHY
THEY LISTENED TO ME AND WITHDREW ON THE 30TH JANUARY.
* IF ELERIN HAS
TAKEN SIMILAR STEPS I TOOK THE CRISIS MUST HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
* IF ELERIN
HAD SPOKEN WITH HIS PEOPLE, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE GONE TO OYELEKE
MEMORIAL COLLEGE TO SET IT ABLAZE.
* IF ELERIN HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO HIS
PEOPLE, THEY WOULD NOT HACE GONE TO BURN MY FARM AT ILEMONA ON THE
WHOLE, ELERIN IS CULPABLE BECAUSE HE HAS SHOWN THAT HE IS NOT IN
AGREEMENT WITH ALL GOVT. DECISIONS PUT IN PLACE TO RESOLVE THE CRISIS
FINALLY, I AM A PEACE LOVING MONARCH AND WILL ADVOCATE FOR THE BEST
SOLUTION THAT WILL BRING LASTING PEACE TO THE 2 COMMUNITIES
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