The Obalodo of Oye Kingdom, Chief Bamitale Oguntoyinbo, has appealed to indigenes and non-indigenes, particularly owners of hostels and landlords, to cooperate and work out a strategy on security that will help curb criminality in the community.
Oguntoyinbo made the appeal during a meeting with prominent community leaders, landlords and business owners in Ilodo Quarters in Oye-Ekiti.
He said the security of lives and properties should be given adequate priority to keep every resident of the town safe.
Obalodo used the forum to urge the residents of the community to come out in large numbers to participate in the forthcoming voters registration and revalidation exercise scheduled for Aug.2025
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that community leaders present at the meeting applauded Chief Oguntoyinbo for his efforts to see that Governor Biodun Oyebanji constructed a box culvert at the entrance of Ilodo community to solve perennial erosion blockage at the junction.
Meanwhile, Chief Oguntoyinbo has described the late Oloye of Oye -Ekiti, Oba Adebayo Aribatishe, who reigned between 1942 and 1958, as an embodiment of personality, whose reign and roles could not be forgotten in the history of Oye- Ekiti.
Obalodo told the gathering that the late Oba Aribatishe was a courageous royal father with foresight, dignity and honesty who was loved by Oye sons and daughters within and outside the town.
