The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Wednesday tasked Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to follow due process in the selection of the next Alaafin of Oyo. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Executive Director, MURIC, said this in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday. “There has been prolonged controversy over the right candidate to become the
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It is expedient to bring to the public domain that the rate at which the Oyo State Government is converting public lands to private residential estates in Ibadan is becoming quite worrisome. While the conversion of lands hitherto allocated for public uses is not a recent development in Ibadan as successive administrations have converted public land for residential purposes, the vigour with which the current administration of Seyi Makinde is plundering this common land heritage is unprecedented.