The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ojaja 11) and Eselu
of Iseluland, Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State, Oba Akintunde
Akinyemi, were engaged in hot exchanges over herdsmen’s reported attacks in
several villages in Ogun State.
Recall that on Januray 23
rd, herdsmen who were
allegedly expelled for terrorizing Ketu-Yewa speaking communities in Ogun State
were escorted back to the villages by soldiers from 35 Artillery Brigade,
Alamala, Abeokuta, with many of the affected villages in Oba Akinyemi’s domain.
Shortly after the report went viral, Oba Akinyemi had
granted BBC Pidgin an interview on the incident, wherein he expressed his