According to leadership, hundreds of indigenes and residents of Sango-Ijoko in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State yesterday, April 19 besieged the hilltop mansion of former president Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta in protest.
The aggrieved protesters, carrying placards with various inscriptions, called on the former president to save them from what they described as “unjust boundary adjustment”.
The group, led by Chief Aderemi Quadri and Chief Idowu Olaniyi expressed concern over the proposed creation of 37 LCDAs out of the existing 20 local government areas by the Governor Ibikunle Amosun-led administration which they claim will merge their communities that of Ota.
According to them, the impending arrangement will deprive Sango of its garage, market, primary and secondary schools and only health centre.
“Our primary purpose of coming here is to press forward our agitation that our community should not be separated or divided. We are hearing as a matter of rumour that part of our community will be merged with Ota and basically these areas, Araromi, Ketere and others are the core settlers of Sango,” the group revealed.