The Ogun State government yesterday raised alarm over alleged invasion of Ode-Omi community by some suspected Lagos State officials, which it said was done in a bid to seek the indirect approval of the people of the area to be subsumed into Lagos State. Ode-Omi is an oil rich community located in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the state, which is bounded by Lagos and Ondo states.
The caretaker chairman of the Council, Toyin Aiyebusiwa said it became paramount to bring to the public knowledge the activities of some people claiming to be agents or officials of the Lagos State government in Ode-Omi.
He said these unidentified people have been going around with some individuals who claim to be surveyors from the Lands Department of Lagos State, adding that it has also been discovered that the same people have been holding clandestine meetings with other individuals and groups within the same community.
An example of such is the meeting, he said, held in the town with someone claiming to be a member of the Executive Council of Lagos State government.
“But for the quick intervention of the Lenuwa of Ode-Omi, the meeting would have been used to seek the indirect approval of the people of the area to be subsumed into Lagos State,” Mr Aiyebusiwa said.
“We learnt that the people have been promised the headquarters of a would-be Ode-Omi Local Government Council with an indigene of Ode-Omi as the local government council Chairman. Another is the extension of the road being constructed from Lagos State to Ode-Omi.” Both Lagos and Ogun states are governed by politicians of the Action Congress of Nigeria, although there has been cases of border friction between the two in the past.
End to neglect
The traditional ruler of Ode Omi, Adenuga Okunniyi alongside four other traditional rulers in his domain, subsequently held a meeting with officials of the Ogun State government.
The meeting unanimously agreed that Ode-Omi belongs to Ogun State and that the claim by Lagos State is unfounded. It also stated that the new administration in Ogun State is resolved to address the neglect of Ode-Omi people by the past administrations in the state.
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