Ogbomosho demolition

The news of the possible demolition of houses in Ogbomoso and the eventual bulldozing of Alebiosu Villa, my family house at Ojagbo, came to me as a rude shock. It all started when some of my children walked upstairs to tell me my house had been marked for demolition overnight. I got to know the reason for marking in the dead of the night was to avoid a possible attack on them by the people. After, a paper was brought to me to vacate my two-storey building of 24 rooms housing my wives, children, grand-children, great grand-children and some relations within 14 days. At this juncture, the Yoruba saying of Agbara ojo kitted my thought with a series of defence but decided to sheathe the sword. My pain is my age, as a nonagenarian (92), the historical evidence placed on the demolished house as the homestead of the great Toyejes, the 7th and the 11th Aare-Ona-Kakanfo of Yorubaland and the fate of the several thousands of people affected by the demolition. My relocation to where I am now from where I was sacked by the Ajimobi government did not come too softly; the thought, alone, of where to lay my head at my age with my large family became my cross. And till now, my family has been dislocated into five different abodes. The April-fool payment of compensation to victims has made Ajimobis government undemocratic. If Ajimobi could mete out this treatment to the people, where then, is the civilisation he claims to be in possession of?

Prince BAO Okanlawon,

Ojagbo, Ogbomosho, Oyo State,

+2348033897494.

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Ogbomosho demolition