<p>The age-long communal
crisis between two communities in Ado-Odo/Ota area of Ogun State may be over
for good anytime from now as former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on
August 16, declared that &#8220;the war is over for good.&#8221;</p>



<p> ;According to
media  ;Aide to former president, Mr. Kehinde Akinyemi made this known to OpenLife
in Abeokuta  ;</p>



<p> ;The two
communities, Itele and Ayetoro-budo via Itele communities have been at daggers
drawn over the years, with attendant lose of lives and properties.</p>



<p>The crisis snowballed
into major strife in 2004 and since then, all efforts to bring both sides to a
roundtable for successfully truce had been met with brick wall till
Friday. ;</p>



<p>At the Olusegun
Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Abeokuta, the former President told the
fueding communities that it was time to bury their hatchet in the interest of
the future generations.</p>



<p>The meeting which drew
emotions had Obasanjo reechoing the memories of the civil war, saying,
&#8220;despite the war, those of us pointing guns at each other at the war
front, sat down to reconcile and ended the war.</p>



<p>&#8220;That is the
beauty of disagreement. Coming together again to settle and move on in the
interest of peace, progress and future generations. It is time to come together
in your areas. I want to appeal you all to sheath your swords.</p>



<p>&#8220;I know that
Akanle can do it, whatever he says, it is me that is saying it. It is only a
bastard that do not get angry when provoked and it is only a bastard that will
beg and turn recalcitrant. I once again appeal that let the war be over,&#8221;
Obasanjo said.</p>



<p>The traditional ruler
of Ayetoro, the Onibudo of Ayetoro-budo, Oba Adewunmi Adeniji Odutala in his
address assured that peace and progress would return to the town.</p>



<p>He thanked the former
President and Chief Akanle for their efforts to bring both sides together
again, despite futile attempts of the past.</p>



<p>Oba Odutala further
commended the peace parley despite having no prior briefing before coming.
&#8220;I have come for another event here in Abeokuta and since you said you
wanted to see me sir, I told my entourage that we should come together. It is
part of the sincere move that you really wanted peace in our domain. ;</p>



<p>&#8220;I want to really
appreciate you sir and our highly respected Baba (Obasanjo). I promise that
with this, we have no option than to put the past behind us in the interest of
all that you have mentioned.&#8221;</p>



<p>Speaking on behalf of
the Itele community, Alh. Kazeem Ajiboye (a.k.a Oluomo) also assured that,
&#8220;war is over. We cannot but thanked our fathers, who have the interest of
Itele and Ayetoro at hearts more than us. We shall put the past behind
us,&#8221; he also assured.</p>



<p>Abraham Idowu Akanle,
 ;who was joined by the former President&#8217;s Chief of Staff, Deacon Victor
Durodola at the meeting (before Obasanjo briefly came) admonished the two
communities to embrace peace and put the past behind them.</p>



<p>&#8220;I was not happy
at all with the situation. I knew and related very well with your fathers and I
am sure that they will not be happy wherever they are now. I have said that let
Ayetoro be and let Itele be. Live together in harmony. There is much positive
and prosperous future if we all come together.</p>



<p>&#8220;This my brother
has corroborated. Your coming together again will bring me joy. Next year, I
will be 81. What again do I need now,  ;but to do things that will make me
be happy. I beg you my children, let us embrace peace,&#8221; Akanle said.</p>



<p>The meeting ended with
the composition of five representatives each from both camps to work on how
compensation and rehabitation would be achieved before the end of August 2019.</p>



<p>The ad-hoc team, which
will include security personnel is to submit its report on Thursday for final
vetting and ratification by the two communities.</p>

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