The coronation and presentation of the staff of the office to the new Ogunsua of Modakeke, Oba Joseph Olubiyi Toriola, Ajibise Ogo I, has been fixed for
The Ekiti State Government has assured communities who are dissatisfied with the chieftaincy review exercise carried out in 2019 of fairness and justice
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The meeting was to address the worsening security situation in the South West region.
The meeting, organised by the Chief Taiye Ayorinde-led Yoruba World Assembly-led and Secretary General, Dr Victor Taiwo, was held at the Western Hall, Parliament Building Secretariat Ibadan.
The meeting also attracted a large crowd from Oyo, Osun, Lagos, Ondo, Ekiti and Ogun States.
However, there was apprehension at some point of the gathering, after a suspected Fulani herdsman spied on them and bolted away as soon as he was detected.
This development was said to have drawn the anger of Sango worshippers, hunters who rained curses on him.
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Saka Aminu, a retired teacher, and his wife, Saudat, sat in front of their house at Oke Yidi, one of the areas where lives were lost when Ile-Ife and Modakeke indigenes fought 20 years ago.
Now septuagenarians, the couple recalled how the conflict tore the people of the two towns apart, including close relatives.
Mr and Mrs Aminu said they went through physical, emotional and mental pains during the “war.”