The Arewa community in Oyo State has declared that its decision to support Governor Seyi Makinde is not influenced by money. DAILY POST reports that the
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THERE is a reason Governor Seyi Makinde’s ongoing campaigns across Oyo State have become more like a festival, with people trooping out in unprecedentedly
Apart from the many lives lost to the crisis, the ruins caused by the fight have been massive. Properties, including shops and houses worth billions of naira, were burnt while goods were looted in the market.
However, the irony is that both the Hausa and Yoruba people in Sasa and the environs are pointing accusing fingers at security operatives for allegedly taking side.
But a senior police officer in Ibadan, who does not want his name mentioned, said the blame game showed that security operatives intervened professionally.
“If the Yoruba people would accuse us of supporting the Hausa people and vice versa, it means we did our best. However, the bottom line is that some people simply want to cause ethnic violence and they found fertile ground at Sasa market,” he said.
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Tension has eased at Shasha community in Ibadan, Oyo State after the violence that broke out at a popular foodstuff market last week.
Though the market is still under lock and key as directed by the state government, residents were seen on Wednesday moving around freely.
The easing of tension came as the Oyo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, urged the state government to consider the possibility of relocating the market to bigger site; and governors of Kano, Kebbi, Zamfara and Niger, who visited him, promised to contribute to the rebuilding of the market.