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johnmartus:
From ijesha, to okun down to Akure including Ekiti state and part of kwara state especially Ekiti kwara and oke-Ero local government in kwara state these places I mentioned are same people and their dialects is very similar if you are from any of this place there is nothing hard they will say you will not understand.

gomojam:
Of course I know both are Yoruba. What I was asking is the difference in the dialect of the two. They sound same to me when they speak, and I met an Akure guy recently that told me that Ekiti, Akure, Okun, Ijesa are same people just little distinct in their various dialect.

gomojam:
Nice one.


Please I have a question for you, sir. I am wondering how Okun is different from Ekiti. They seem the same to me but I might be wrong because I don't speak the language. Could you explain this to me?

Sorry for digressing.

The Speaker noted that on Tuesday, the Kabba-Obajana –Lokoja road close to Apata community, was carved in, causing traffic jams and blockage for commuters plying the route.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Yusuf said the spate of attacks on
innocent, law abiding and helpless communities by the rampaging
herdsmen in recent weeks has led to the destruction of farm lands,
loss of properties and other valuables.
The Kogi lawmaker said the attacks followed the rising, unrestricted
influx of alleged Fulani herdsmen into some communities in Kabba-
Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency, which he said has led to very
serious, grievous security situation, breach of law and order, as well as
its negative effect on peaceful co-existence.
According to him, the influx of herders into his constituency from Ondo
and other neighbouring states in the South West, has become
worrisome and dangerous, and if left unchecked poses serious threat
to the peace, unity, comfort and security of the constituency.
“For instance, during the course of these attacks, a community school
in Bunu District was burnt down, while just yesterday, two hunters on
their legitimate business at Iyamoye town in Ijumu Local Government
Area were brazenly, seriously attacked by these alleged herdsmen, who
boasted and threatened thereafter to come back and inflict more harm
to people in these and other communities.
“It has become absolutely necessary that the unrestricted influx of
these characters into our communities be tackled and addressed
immediately and nipped in the bud with more seriousness, tact,
courage and sincerity before it gets out of hand.
READ Hon. Stephen Orugun Onyem is Gone - A Tribute
“According to reports, in recent weeks, the spate of attacks on
innocent, law abiding and helpless communities by these rampaging
herdsmen has led to the destruction of farm lands, loss of properties
and other valuables,” he said.
He wondered how the alleged herdsmen who fled Ondo and other
states in the South West were able to beat the different security and
intelligence agents in and around the to found their way into
communities in Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency.
“One is appalled with the apparent downward slide in the activities and
operations of security agencies across the country. That these alleged
herdsmen were able to beat the vast security network from our
neighbouring states and made it to our communities is not only
baffling, shocking but confusing.
“Indeed, it is very painful that notorious and heartless herdsmen have
been allowed to intrude Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency to
disturb the peace, unity and tranquillity synonymous with our people.
Sadly, since the influx of these ravenous characters, destruction of
farmlands, burning of properties, gruesome attacks on individuals and
other negative incidents that were alien to our communities are
gradually becoming daily occurrences.
“If this unfolding scenarios fester and become bigger, no political elite,
leader and the generality of our people will be safe, because no one,
nobody, knows who may be the next victim of their attacks.
“The negative development is beyond party, ethnic or group affiliations
and interests, rather, it is one that calls for synergy, collaboration and
partnership of all and sundry. Most importantly, we have to be truthful
to ourselves by doing away with undue and unnecessary boot licking
and deceits geared towards profiteering from the situation.
READ Kogi Govt Signs $72m Loan With IFAD, World Bank to
Improve Local Economy
“It has become necessary for all leaders, elders, stakeholders and
other well-meaning people of Kogi State and lovers of peace, security,
unity and development to join forces and support relevant security
agencies in any and every efforts to stop the spate of attacks on our
communities and the entire state by these merciless, blood thirsty and
demon-possessed killer herdsmen.
“It is expected that the Federal Government and Kogi State will wake
up to their responsibilities. Truly, the activities of these wicked,
emotionless and perverse killer herdsmen has become a terrible
malevolent threat spreading across the country, resulting into loss of
many lives, properties, farmlands and impacting negatively on our
quest for meaningful national development, but we must, as a people
and nation, never succumb to any of their nefarious and dastardly
machinations. To achieve this, the Federal Government and States
Government (including Kogi) must shun partisanship and provide the
requisite political will.”

chyzoo4u:
You quoted the same question you're asking. It's either you have issues with comprehension or you're joking.

ajokebelle:
"You are an exceptional human being and Nigeria is proud to have you as one of its sons”, Tinubu said in a statement on Friday.

Where did Tinubu say Nigeria was one of Akande's sons?

The person that wrote this headline is high on Cheap weed.

ArticleBeast:
I have traveled the whole 36 states in Nigeria. I am from Okun and we are not Yorubas.

My last reply

The 47 armed men were arrested by men of the State Joint Anti-Crime
Security Patrol team codenamed Operation Burst.

The suspected hoodlums who were caught with guns and other dangerous weapons are allegedly on a reprisal mission in the area.

They were said to be arrested in a convoy of buses.

But the Police through the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO),
Olugbenga Fadeyi, a Chief Superintendent said the arrested hoodlums
claimed that they were trailing some kidnappers who were about to collect
ransom from relations of a kidnapped victim.
He added that investigation has been intensified on the arrest, adding that the suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation
Department (SCID), Iyaganku, Ibadan.
Sources privy to the situation said the men were arrested in the early hours of Sunday at Ofiki River along Tapa/Igangan road in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state.

According to unconfirmed sources, the armed Fulani were allegedly invited
by their kinsmen to strike in the area following the raid carried out by the men of the Oyo State Security Network Agency known as Operation
Amotekun in the axis on Saturday.

But Amotekun had said it raided the hideouts of kidnappers in the area on
Saturday in an operation that lead to the death of three persons while one
of officer of the Vigilante Group who also participated in the operation was
injured.
Those arrested said they were brought from Ilorin, Iseyin and other places.

Chairman of Yagba West local government area of Kogi state, Pius Kolawole, along with security agencies in the area, led by the DPO of Odo-Ere has intercepted a truck loaded with more than 100 Fulani men.

As the the suspected invaders could not explain their mission, they were denied further entry and forced back from Okunran.

A media aide to the Chairman, Eniola Olayemi, made this known in a statement.

The event happened during the weekend. People were said to have raised the alarm and contacted the Chairman when they saw the suspicious group.

Worried about the fragile security situation in the area, Kolawole contacted the police and together they tracked the truck. The truck was promptly escorted out and handed over to the DPO of Eruku Police Station, a border town in Kwara state, for them to be further escorted out of their community.

The statement added that the Chairman is not ready and will never compromise the security of his people.

“Yagba West under his leadership is determined to ensure security of lives and property is actualize to the fullest.”

Communities in Yagba Federal Constituency have regularly raised the alarm over the invasion of Fulani herdsmen in the area.

In a statement by the union President, Comr Olowosagba Ayodele , he said: “This loss is irreparable and the grief unbearable.
The report from the Nigerian Army Force leaves us with no doubt in our position. How on earth will a major General who is attending Chief of staffs conference die of Covid-19 without showing any symptoms even before he left for abuja from port Harcourt.

We have records of many gallant and dedicated Yoruba officers who met their untimely death in such clumsy circumstances. Their deaths were shrouded in controversies such as this.
Air Commodore Shittu Alao was said to have had a plane crash until the Autopsy carried out by the young Doctor Adetokunbo Ademola revealed that he had gunshots in his body, the young Doctor was also assassinated almost immediately.
We recall that the late captain Ayo toba was also said to be ambushed by Boko harams.
And the son of a legal luminary, Chief Olu Onogoruwa was murdered within his father estate, Onogoruwa never survived the trauma as it led to his untimely death.
A fresh memory is Another case that has prompted us to have a critical look at General irefin case, is the arranged accident of another Illustrious Okun daughter in person of Late Tolulope Arotile, who was said to be killed from injuries sustained when a reverse car of her long time friend mistakenly hit her at the air force base. Is this not too cheap for our sensibility?

At the moment over (400) Yoruba senior and junior military officers have been murdered by the evil conspirators in the military and government of Nigeria
We are not satisfied with the explanation given for the cause of GOC Olubunmi Irefin's death, we need a thorough investigation

On behalf of Olu of Ayetoro Gbede, Oba D.S Ehindero, Ayetoro Development Association and Ayetoro Gbede Traditional Council wishes to express their deep sorrow over the sudden death of General Olubunmi Irefin which occurred on the 10th December, 2020.
According to Shakespeare, " Death, is a necessary end, will come when it will come ". The sequence of events before the death of General Irefin and the main cause of his sudden death as propounded by the military authority, which they claimed is Covid-19 made the highest decision organs of Ayetoro Gbede community namely, Ayetoro Gbede Traditional Council and Ayetoro Gbede Development Association to interrogate the main cause of his death as propounded by the military authority.
We should not forget that General Olubunmi Irefin was in Ayetoro Gbede two weeks ago for the burial ceremony of his late mother. During the brief period of his stay at home, he was full of life, and, observers of the general will agree that every movement of his, was with military precision. Suddenly, a signal came to him from Abuja to attend Chief of Army Staff Conference which started last Monday (7th December, 2020). We did not hear of his sickness until the sad news came to us yesterday, 10th December, 2020 that the General died of Covid -19; and the sudden rush for his burial tomorrow 12th December, 2020.
The mouth piece of Ayetoro Gbede community namely, Ayetoro Gbede Traditional Council and Ayetoro Gbede Development Association were not happy with the military establishment over the reason it claimed was responsible for the death if General Olubunmi Irefin for the following reasons:
1. If the incubation period of Covid-19 is 2 weeks after which the victim will start to show symptoms like high fever, severe headache etc, is that the case for late General Olubunmi Irefin?
2. Even if the symptoms mentioned above manifest in the General, does it also kills it victim instantly?
3. At advance age of 80 years, the former Chief of Staff to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, late Abba Kyari, battled Covid -19 for weeks before he died, common logic should tell us that General Irefin at younger age, even if it is true that he contacted Covid -19 should be able to battle it for longer period of time.
4. Except there is Covid -20 which we doubt, Covid -19 does not kill it victims for 3 days.
5. Why the sudden haste in the burial of the General by the military authority?
Not until convincing answers are provided by the military authority for the above questions, Ayetoro Gbede community will not be happy with the military establishment over the reason they claimed was responsible for the death of our son, General Olu Irefin.

What is the subject matter of the memorandum submitted by the Okun Development Association (ODA) to the National Assembly Committee on Constitution Amendment?
OKUN Development Association’s (ODA) submission is about the administrative and political re-configuration of the country for greater peace, security and social economic development.


The Okun people have been advocating excision from the northern part of the country and want to be merged as a separate administrative unit with the Southwest, because that is where they will not be a minority. And note that this predates whatever is happening now.

Okun tabled their case before the Willing Commission of Enquiry before independence, when ethnic groups were placed in provinces they should not be for the fear of being turned into minorities.

How old is the agitation and why do you think it is realisable at this time?
The Okun people appeared before the Willing Commission of Enquiry, which the colonial authorities set up before independence for fear of becoming a minority in the Northern Protectorate. But more than that, every opportunity has been used to reiterate this demand for liberty to determine where and how we want to be placed in Nigeria.


There is no time it is not realistic, to the extent that the objective has not been achieved. From all parts of the country and from all strata of the Nigerian society, people, as individuals and groups, are asking for what they want and what they think will make them happier as citizens of the country. We too must use the opportunity to say what we want out of Nigeria.

Anyone who keeps quiet and fails to make demands on the system will have him/herself to blame. Nigeria will be re-arranged sooner or later, and may be sooner than later.

Geographically, how does it work out; going from the north to the south?
Geographically, Okunland is contiguous with the Southwest and bordered in the South by Ondo and Ekiti states. It is this contiguity that best facilitates and makes the demand very reasonable.

Where does the agitation leave the Middle Belt?
With respect to the Middle Belt, you know it is a cocktail of many ethnic, religious and other groups. If the Okun people exit the Middle Belt, that reduces the complexity by one group. It is in the Middle Belt and in the South-South regions that we have to demonstrate the progress our democracy has made. This is where the greatest efforts have to be made to build inclusion and promote sense of belonging among all the forces that make up the country.


Despite the termination of military rule, democratisation as a process of inducing popular participation in governance is yet to begin. Since 1999, people have been pursuing power by all means necessary, fair or foul, more foul than fair. So, the Middle Belt has to re-organise itself and deepen democracy, so that all the elements there feel that they belong.

At a point in history, the Okun and Ebira made moves to come together as a separate state. What happened to that arrangement?
Attempts were made in the past to build a state made up of the Lokoja/Koto people, Ebira people and the Okun people. Somehow, we have not been able to agree on the details.

The last time such an attempt was made was in 2012, when at the palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Ado Ibrahim, we pronounced that we would jointly form a state to be known and called Kabba State, to the great applause of all those present.
However, when it came to working out the details, our people from Ebiraland reneged.


What is the level of involvement expected from members of the National Assembly?
Realistically, the type of restructuring envisaged might not be done by the current National Assembly, because Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who is the Deputy Senate President, in his speech during the inauguration of the committee, described the extent it would go in its assignment.

To rearranged the country demands that we put everything on the table and pick them one by one. Each and every group will say what it wants out of Nigeria, how each and every group wants to be treated. Any group that says nothing will hold the short end of the cake at the end of the day. So, every group will be treated according to its demand.

Where does the excision of Okunland leave the rest of Kogi State?
I cannot say what will become of Kogi State.

Do you envisage the northern oligarchy opposing the ceding of any parts of the Middle Belt states to the south?
The possibility is there. Remember that during the last constitutional conference before independence, the Ilorin-Kabba West merger was debated and the then premier of the northern region, the late Sir Ahmadu Bello, had to wait for a response from the Sultan. It was when the cable message came from the Sultan that no inch of the northern territory would be ceded to anywhere that the debate was closed. And Ilorin and Kabba have remained with the north since then.


Between then and now, huge changes have taken place, in terms of social and economic development, to make people know that territorial conquest is no longer fashionable. On the other hand too, social and human developments have opened the eyes of everyone and conscientised people to stand up to challenge any situation they do not like or anything that makes life difficult for them.

If the merger advocacy fails when and any time that Nigerians have the opportunity of discussing the affairs of their country, the struggle will continue. We shall continue to use all legitimate and constitutional means of advocating for it.

Are the Okuns in Kwara, Ondo and Ekiti states parties to this arrangement?
With respect to the Okun people in those states you have mentioned, for a long time, we have been discussing, and the discussion is work in progress.

How did Okunland in Kogi State get separated from other Okun- speaking communities in other states in the Southwest?
The other Okun people in other states are separated from the others by the arbitrary manner boundaries were drawn by the colonialists. Many of these people ran away from the invasions of the jihadists.

For example, people in places like Irele, Ipao, Itapaji, Oke-Ako and others easily trace their roots to places like Ejuku, Jege, Ogbom and several Okun communities that were sacked and reconstituted by the invaders.


Some young Okun people blame Okun leaders during the First and Third Republics for where the people find themselves today and failure to stop their merger with present Kogi State. What could the past leaders have done differently?
To blame the First republic leaders for the present predicament of the Okun people is to be unfair to them. People do not appreciate the limitations of our forerunners.

For example, Chiefs S.B. Awoniyi and S.B. Daniyan have been blamed for not taking them out of the north. These two great people were among the closest to Sardauna, I do not think there was much they could do to change the situation.

And to be fair to Chiefs Bello Ijumu and Alege, who were in NEPU and AG, respectively, from the accounts that we have, they did what they could to advocate for merger with the Southwest. Chiefs Obafemi Awolowo, J.S. Olawoyin, Seth Maiyekogbon, C.O. Adebayo, etc have never left the matter in the cold.

Furthermore, it should be remembered that what we inherited was a social system that was complete in all materials. It takes time for a system to decay and be ready for change. The system that the colonialists handed over at independence had decayed and needs change. If it is not overhauled, it will collapse under its dead weight.


On the inclusion of Okun people in Kogi State, they did not stand a chance not going. One, those who wanted Kogi State desperately needed Okun to make the number, and two, the Ilorin emirate system wanted Okun out of Kwara, as they were seen as the stumbling block on the way of the emirate’s ambition of total control of Kwara.

For when moves were being made to advocate for the creation of Kogi State, there was no grammar that they did not speak to say that they did not want to go to Kogi State.

Unfortunately, what made them to fiercely objected to being included in Kogi State became self-fulfilling prophecy when they got there.

What do you think are the critical aspects of restructuring that is envisaged in a new Nigeria?
The aspects of restructuring that should be addressed are many. Among these are the issue of arbitrary location of communities to places and peoples with whom they are not compatible. This is reflected in the current highly inflammable situation that people of same cultural and historical heritage are scattered across different boundaries.


For example, the Yoruba in Kogi and Kwara states that, to all intents and purposes, are the same with the Yoruba in the Southwest are lumped with the cocktail of groups and grouplets in the North Central part of the country.

There is also the combustible situation in Kaduna State, where the largely non-Hausa/non-Fulani and majorly Christian ethnic groups are lumped with the Muslim/Hausa/Fulani in the northern part of the state.

In the case of the Yoruba in Kogi, they want to go to the Southwest as a state. The Southern Kaduna people have been agitating to get their own state. Other minority groups in several parts of the country should get what they want in such a way that they will be relieved of the yoke of the tyranny of the majorities. This will enable them to develop their economies and cultures at their own pace.

Another critical aspect of the restructuring we are advocating for is the re-configuration of the country into more viable administrative and political units. In this regard, we are looking at the imperative of creating six or eight regions as federating units.


The federal and regional governments will relate directly, while the regional government and the states under it will relate directly. The states and local governments will also relate directly. The local government will no longer be a tier of government and the number of local government areas in each state will depend on what it can cope with.

In this arrangement, ethnic groups or communities who are located where they do not want should be allowed to go to states or regions or even local government areas, where for one reason or the other, they feel they will be more comfortable and they feel they belong. This way, a major cause of tension will have been removed.

Another critical factor is that too much power is concentrated in the hand of the Federal Government. One of the immediate fallouts of restructuring will be the reduction in the amount of powers put in the hand of the Federal Government. In the 1999 Constitution, on the Exclusive Legislative List are about 68 items, while on the Concurrent List are just about 30 items.

This pattern of distribution of power has goaded the Federal Government to put its hands into too many things that should ordinarily be left in the hands of the lower levels of government. In a federation, the government at the centre should not have anything to do with primary education, neither should it concern itself with primary health care.


Take the issue of security, when we were growing up in the early 1960s before the war, we only knew the Native Authority Police. How one person can sit in Louis Edet House in Abuja and effectively police a country as large as Nigeria is a question I have been asking, which no one has been able to give me the answer.

The tax powers granted to Federal Government should be considerably reduced in favour of the federating units. The amount of financial and tax powers in the hand of the government at the centre should be such as will allow the regional and other governments to be able to carry out their own responsibilities. The Federal Government should not have more than 30 per cent of the revenue accruing.

What is your take on the distribution of national wealth under the current government and allegations of favouritism?
If you talk of President Muhammadu Buhari in terms of the distribution of national wealth, it must be conceded that there are certain worthy projects that he has embarked upon that cannot be denied. The first I usually mention here is the Second Niger Bridge that had been on the drawing board before my mother was born.

Even when the President of the country, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), ministers of Finance and Petroleum were from the precinct of the bridge, nothing was done about it. And this was a time when crude oil sold well above $100 per barrel for several years.


The construction of the Standard Gauge railway from Apapa to Ibadan is another landmark project. There are several other projects, like the Mambilla Dam, the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Kaduna-Kano-Abuja expressway, etc, that are to be embarked upon, for which Buhari must be commended.

Many of these projects could have been embarked upon when Nigeria was more solvent and when they would have been cheaper, but somehow, they were not seen as priorities then. I take these as elements of the distribution of national wealth.

Another element of the distribution of wealth is the set of programmes under the social investment programme initially coordinated from the office of the Vice President and now consolidated in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management. Among these are the School Feeding Programme, Market Money, etc.

Through this, millions of Nigerians who ordinarily and all along had been outside the matrix of wealth distribution in Nigeria have had some access to something out of the national wealth.


However, there are challenges in this area, such as complaints about disproportionate percentage of the national wealth going to the lawmakers, in terms of their extractive ratios for salaries, allowances and projects.

Although this issue predated the present government, people expected the President to have reduced or narrowed this ratio. Unfortunately, it remains the same. Indeed and in fact, Nigeria recently attained the unenviable appellation of the poverty capital of the world.

What is your take on the resurgence of agitation for self-determination?
Since Buhari took over as the President, the cry for self- determination has reached a crescendo. This may be attributed to a number of factors, among which is the poor management of the country’s diversity.

Nigerians have consistently decried the practice of appointing people of the same religion and from the same part of the country from both the north and south. Most of the appointments into the headship of security establishments are from the far north and all are Muslims.


The poor management of migration into the country has not helped matters. The Visa-at-entry point policy of government has opened the country’s borders to people from Sahelian countries, who in their trails, have left communities devastated with their criminal and murderous activities.

As a result, land ownership has become contentious. Farmers in several parts of the country cannot go to their farms the way they used to for fear of their lives.

So far, the President has not done much to assuage the fears and other concerns of Nigerians about the continuing trend of his lopsided appointments and the free entry that he gave to these migrants whose arrivals escalated criminality across the country.

In response, Nigerians in their different ways have increased the tempo of their agitation. While some are calling for restructuring, some others are calling for self-determination. Before, it used to be agitation for Biafra, now the agitation for Oduduwa Republic has joined and the Middle Belt, which has been the cannon fodder of the north, is seriously agitating for independence.

dingbang:
Dude like seriously? Why can't you ask your fellow co workers in your organization than create a thread on social media?


You see where your failure don begin to dey start ba

Romanoff:
You don't get it. Imagine a Yoruba speaking person being called a northern when you don't even share similar cultures or values.

I personally hate it.

GarangDeMabior:
Zone them out of nigeria into Oduduwa.

People are talking of moving out of the current Federal arrangements, theses ones are talking about moving into SW.

Mtcheew.

The Okun ethnic nationality in Kogi State has demanded relocation from the North -Central geopolitical zone to the South -West.

They also wanted a separate state which would be made up of the Okun people and the core Yoruba speaking part of Kwara State . Their demand was contained in the memorandum sent to the Senate Committee on the review of the 1999 constitution , under the aegis of Okun Development Association.

The memorandum, signed by Ambassador Babatunde Fadumiyo, on behalf of the President of ODA, expressed support for the restructuring of Nigeria to bring about a truly federal republic.
The document noted that there should be a boundary adjustment that would bring together , ethnic groups separated from their kit and kin .
It read in part,

“ To ensure fairness and uphold human rights for minority nationalities who have been separated by artificial boundaries from their kith and kin , a referendum shall be conducted.

“ This will enable such nationalities to choose which local government area , state and region to join as long as their present location is contiguous to the LGA , state or region they want to join.

“ The Okun people of Kogi State reaffirm their Yoruba origin. It is incontrovertible that their culture and values are the same as those of Yoruba in the South-West of Nigeria with whom we share territorial contiguity and economic relations.

“ We therefore, put forward as our core demand, the readjustment or relocation of Okun people ’s political and land boundary from the North- Central zone to the South -West .

“ In joining the South-West , we demand that Okunland be incorporated as a state (Okun State) , since we have all it takes to be a viable one. ’’

lovecares34:
Please who can help me with the direct contact of Mr Akmed Isa.

I mean the ordinary president of human right radio in abuja. pls help me with his direct phone number and WhatsApp numb pls, thanks in anticipation of your kind assistance.

The Kogi State Government has extradited 78 homeless and mentally challenged persons back to their states of origin.

Those removed are from five states in the North including Katsina, Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi and Zamfara.

Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Kogi, Hajiya Fatima Buba, said the beggars were evacuated from different parts of Lokoja metropolis including Zango, Ganaja Village, Obasanjo Square among others to the ministry’s rehabilitation centre where they will be transported back to their various home states.

Buba disclosed that the evacuation exercise was not discriminatory but to rid the streets of beggars roaming Lokoja metropolis.

She noted that adequate arrangements had been made to ensure that the destitute were transported to their respective location with utmost respect and dignity.
She said, “The state government made adequate arrangements to ensure that they are transported to their respective locations with utmost respect and dignity.

Before the government transported them back to their home states and local governments of origin with six buses, we took them first to the ministry rehabilitation centre, fed them and provided all the basic needs that will enable them to start a normal life like every other in the country.

“This government is committed to cater to every citizen even though you are not from Kogi State. This action of ours should not be misconstrued. The government under the leadership of Alhaji Yahaya Bello remains committed to providing for the less privilege without any form of discrimination in the state.”