Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Oba of Lagos calls for the crisis to stop
Oba Rilwan Akiolu blames traditional rulers
in Ketu and Ikosi communities for the Mile 12
crisis, Says rulers were too distant from the
community
Calls for the crisis to stop.
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu has called on the
Lagos state government and security agencies to
ensure that adequate punishment is meted to
culprits of the Mile 12 mayhem.
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu has called on
the police and the Lagos state government to
fish out and punish the culprits of the Mile 12
mayhem that claimed many lives and destroyed
properties in the state.
The Oba who gave the charge on Tuesday
March 8, at a meeting of all parties concerned
held in his Iga Iduganran palace, blamed
traditional rulers in Ketu and Ikosi
communities for not handling issues well prior
to the inter-tribal clash.
According to Leadership, Akiolu said the
monarchs had prioritized extortion of the
citizenry over administering the market area.
He said the rulers were too distant from the
community, otherwise the disagreement, though
natural in human communities, would not have
escalated to full scale war.
“How many times did you hear that those
(Hausa and Yoruba traders) around here fight?
It can never happen around here. But you are
too far from them. You said that they don’t
respect you. It is because you kept demanding
money from them, which I don’t do around
here (Lagos Island). That is why you will have
no respect among them.”
He called for such crisis to stop henceforth and
for the culprits to be punished even if they were
his own kinsmen.
The Oba supported the proposal by the state
Assembly for the relocation of the popular Mile
12 market, but noted that the relocation should
however be embarked upon if it will bring peace
and tranquillity to the communities.
Meanwhile, the Lagos state government on
Friday, March 5, met with all the stakeholders
from Mile 12 market, Agiliti community,
Maidan and its environs with a view to finding
a lasting solution to the violence that led to the
closure of the market.
The government also promised to proffer a
harmonious and effective solution that would
ensure there is no more violence in the area.
Secretary to the state government, Tunji Bello,
who presided over the meeting held at the state
secretariat, Alausa, said that all the leaders
agreed on the need to cohabit in peace
irrespective of their religion, culture or tribes.
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