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Alex Enumah in Abuja
Offa Descendants Union, a tribal association, has disagreed with a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Afe Babalola, over his position on a Supreme Court decision on Erin Ile community in Kwara State.
The group, in a statement made available to journalists, stated that the apex court in its 1973 judgment did not award any part of Offa land to Erin Ile.
The statement, signed for and on behalf of the Offa Descendants Union by Muideen Ibrahim, stated that the statement attributed to the senior lawyer was capable of causing prejudice and bias against the people of Offa in Kwara State.
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In December 2018, the supreme court ruled a land dispute in Erinle’s favour, but Offa indigenes disagreed with the judgment at the time.
The governor had recently inaugurated a high-powered committee of statesmen and diplomats to resolve the longstanding Erin-Ile and Offa crisis in the state.
Speaking on Saturday with delegates from Erin-Ile, Babalola said he has been part of the case since 1971, adding that the people Erin-Ile, who are his clients won the case.
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“I was the one who handled the matter in 1971 before Justice Funsho Daramola Panel of Inquiry and we won.
“Later, the Supreme Court, the highest judicial body in the land, gave favourable judgement to Erin-Ile on the same matter in 1973. ”