The Onirokun of Irokun Kingdom in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Buari Ola Balogun (Ogbelege IV), has called on the Ondo State Government to halt alleged plans to install a monarch over Irokun Kingdom, insisting the territory historically and legally belongs to Ogun State.
In a strongly worded statement on Monday, the monarch said the move, if carried out, could spark violent clashes among residents and create tension between communities in the two states.
The statement, addressed to the governors of Ogun and Ondo states and copied to their deputies, commissioners for local government and chieftaincy affairs, police commissioners, and DSS directors in both states, warned that the planned coronation amounts to an attempt to annex Ogun territory.. . Continue..Reading. .