The court had in a judgment delivered by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour on December 14, 2018, ordered the relocation of Ilejemeje council headquarters from Iye to Eda Oniyo. It ended a 19-year battle, which began at the state high court. The apex court held that the establishment of the headquarters of the Local Government in Eda Oniyo was backed by statute and could not be relocated elsewhere without the promulgation of a new law. The seven-man committee constituted by the state government to examine the apex court’s decision paid a fact-finding visit to Iye and Eda Oniyo yesterday. The panel, chaired by the deputy governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, who interfaced with the people of the two communities, urged them to give peace a chance in the wake of the court’s verdict. According to a statement signed by his Special Assistant (Media), Odunayo Ogunmola, Egbeyemi said the panel visited the two communities to see what is on the ground, having received documents from both parties. Egbeyemi explained that the visit was part of the assignment of the panel, which would turn in its report to Governor Kayode Fayemi. The deputy governor stressed that government was interested in ensuring that peace reigns in all communities in the state appealing to indigenes of Iye and Eda Oniyo not to engage in any act that could disrupt the peace enjoyed in the State. Egbeyemi led other members of the panel to visit the present local government secretariat and the palace of the Oniye, where he met with the monarch, Oba Jonathan Adeleye-Oni and community leaders, including Afenifere leader, Senator Ayo Fasanmi. He also visited Eda Oniyo, where a building that has been designated as the temporary local government secretariat and the permanent site of the council secretariat. The deputy governor and his team made up of panel members and officials of Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs were received by the Eleda of Eda Oniyo, Oba Julius Awolola.]]>

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