Oyo intervenes in Osun boundary dispute, urges end to public spat

The Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, waded into the simmering public altercations over the boundary dispute between Osun and Oyo states.

A statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, in Ibadan, the state capital, said the government urged both sides of the divide to stop the back-and-forth blame game and allow the two governments to continue mature discussions on the resolution to the land dispute.

He said that the media feed on combustible materials such as this, and while unending hostile public statements feed the media nest, they are injurious and distracting to what the governors of the two states are doing.

Oyelade said, “The two governments believe that the protracted land dispute is not intractable and traditional institutions should not be a clog in the wheel of peaceful resolution.

“Governors Seyi Makinde and Ademola Adeleke are cooperating fully with the National Boundary Commission through their representatives and believe that an amicable solution will be arrived at soon.”