Regent of Irokun kingdom in the Ilaje local government area, Princess Adeyinka Abejoye-Ogunyemi, has said that her people were prepared to endure any hardship to resist what she termed the territorial ambition of the Ogun state government.
Princess Ogunyemi, who faulted claims by the deputy governor of Ogun state, Noimot Salako Oyedele, that Irokun was not part of Ondo state, said nothing would change the facts that the kingdom remained within Ondo State.
Ogunyemi said the move by the Ogun state government to claim the Olurokun stool as part of the Ijebu Traditional Council was due to the now moribund multi-million-dollar Olokola project.
Speaking through the Olurokun Palace Secretary, Prince Emmanuel Ogunbajo, the Olurokun of Irokun, said the Ogun state government has no business rejecting her appointment as Regent on the false claim that Irokun kingdom was part of Ogun State.
He said: “The current non-existent territorial dispute was schemed when the Ondo and Ijebu Provinces were created in 1915 and part of Ilaje in the western boundary with Lagos along the Lekki Peninsula was sought to be carved to create littoral access for the new Ijebu Province.
“It cannot be overemphasized that apart from ambitious territorial claims, Ogun State has no presence in any of the constituent communities of Irokun kingdom which limited access to social amenities including secondary education is from the Ondo State.
