We’re blessed with large deposits of oil, gold but we fetch potable water from Benin Republic The Punch
Published 30 April 2021
The recent encroachment on Nigerian territory by Benin Republic has raised dust. An indigene of Igbokofi, a border town in Ogun State, Dr Kunle Garb, traces the history of the border community and how the Nigerian government’s carelessness has contributed to the recent problem in this interview with DAUD OLATUNJI
I am a field missionary. I live in Igbokofi land, Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. I am a Nigerian and by God’s grace, the Lord has really helped to make a little impact in that community. A few years ago, I got a hint about the boundary issue and it has actually affected the people a lot; and since then, I have been able to do some research and I got to know that what the people actually told me was true.
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The Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun and five governors from the northern part of the country will on Tuesday hold a stakeholders’ meeting to find lasting solution to security challenges poised by attacks by armed herdsmen on inhabitants of Yewaland.
The governor disclosed this on Monday night during his visits to some areas under the siege of attackers, saying the meeting is imperative to ensure that the country remained one indivisible nation.
Inhabitants of Asa, Igbooro, Agbon-Ojodu, Ibeku, Moro, Kodera and Ijale-Ketu have witnessed attacks by the herdsmen in the past few weeks.
“Tomorrow (Tuesday), there will be a stakeholders meeting where my fellow governors from about five Northern states, some of whom are Fulanis, will be in Abeokuta to discuss on the way forward.