IJESA DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION SAYS NO TO VIOLENCE IN IJESALAND

‘The leadership and members of Ijesaland Development Foundation note with sadness the violence that has been witnessed in Ijesaland in the run up to the 2019 elections which culminated in the burning of INEC Office at Ijebu-jesa, the torching of five houses at Igangan as well as the shooting of Ijesas and destruction of properties across the land’.

The statement emphasized that, as  an organisation that is committed to the development of Ijesaland, it was important to draw attention to the need for all stakeholders in the land to rise up to the challenges and checkmate the criminals.

Penpushing further reports that, the foundation submitted in a resolution that all the political leaders in Osun State in general and in Ijesaland in particular should call their members to order immediately and cease all hostilities

The foundation also demanded that,  all parents and elders in Ijesaland should call their wards to order and inculcate the values of peace and industry as against thuggery and brigandage which have now become the order of the day.

Similarly, the statement called  all the security organisations in Osun State and in Ijesaland  on the need to wake up to their responsibility and fish out  all culprits to face the law  without caring about whose ox is gored.

‘That all the traditional rulers in Ijesaland should commence the institution of peace processes in their community by deploying both consultation and traditional means of deterrence. No nation prospers in the midst of disunity, violence and war. Ijesaland cannot be an exception’, the statement emphasised.