The Directorate of State Security Service (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force have stepped in to prevent a potential communal crisis in Ejigbo, Osun State, following an escalating land dispute involving the Ejigbo Baptist Mission and the Lawal Obelawo family.
The controversy centres on an 85-acre parcel of land at Oke Moyo Area, along Ede Road, Ejigbo, which has been the subject of a bitter ownership dispute dating back to 2022. The situation reached a flashpoint over the weekend when bulldozers allegedly sent by Chief Obelawo attempted to clear portions of the Baptist Mission property, prompting church members and community leaders to mount resistance.
In a decisive intervention, the Ogiyan of Ejigbo, Oba Omowonuola Oyeyode
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