Alhaji Oyeleye Oseni, sinc becoming the Baale of Ladipo Mushin/ market has changed the thuggery narrative to decency
OpenLife Nigeria reports that the Baale of Ladipo-Mushin market in Lagos State, High Chief {Alhaji} Oyeleye Oseni, has said that Mushin community is no longer a territory for hooligans and touts.
He also disclosed that the community is now free from touts and hoodlum crises.
Oyeleye revealed this in an exclusive interview with News Angle Online over the weekend.
He noted that the community has been having different names in the olden days, saying that since Baales have been installed in the community, they have been witnessing changes.
He said, ”Mushin has been having names before our fore fathers, people saying Mushin is a tough place, full of notorious, full of hooliganism, and others.
“Those guys have been there in olden days, but when we, Baales, have been installed, we have been educating and enlightening them to avoid hooliganism and thuggery.
Thank God we have been able to achieve our aims and objectives,”he concluded.
Oyeleye also submitted that as a Baale, he has been doing everything possible to ensure that there is no crises in the community.
” You know Mushin is an area people dread as a no go area but I can proudly say for now that my community is peaceful.
Those guys are being re orientated. We have been educating, correcting them. We very close to the government. Whatever comes from the chairman, the senators and the politicians gets to them”.
He pleaded to Lagos State government to create jobs for graduates and unemployed youths in the state to avoid youths indulging in social vices m
” I want to call on our amiable governor, Babajide Sanwo Olu to help create jobs for the graduates and unemployed youths, they are many graduates and youths that are riding okada around, terrorising the state all in the name of unemployment. It will be okay if more jobs are provided for the youths”
He commended the governor for remembering the community during the pandemic, saying that the people of Ladipo were happy about the gesture.
Alhaji Oyeleye Oseni born and bred in the community, was once a clearing agent and car hire driver before he was chosen as the Baale of the community in 2017.
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