Obasanjo responsible for recent crisis in Ibadan - Are

By Adeolu Adeyemo - 31.12.2007

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo was at the weekend blamed for the spate of crises that rocked Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, in the last two years.

A member of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), Chief Lekan Are, who stated this while speaking with newsmen at the 2007 annual re-union of old students of Apata Community Grammar School, Ibadan, added that the police also worsened the situation as they were unfair to the people of the state during the crisis.

Are pointed out that “Obasanjo caused all the problems, but now that he is no longer in power, we are expecting a change. We are calling on President Umaru Yar’Adua to do something urgent to arrest the situation.

“I must be frank with you, the police have not been fair to Ibadan people over the matter. The police know the thugs and those causing problems in the city, but they have refused to arrest them. “The trouble makers have continued to enjoy the protection of the law despite all the atrocities they have committed.

If the police arrest one or two them, the city will definitely know peace. “The police have not been fair to the people of Ibadan over the prolonged political crisis where a few individuals have been holding the whole of Ibadan to ransome and the police have not been helpful in the lingering political crisis rocking the town when those causing problems in the city have continued to enjoy the protection of the law.”