Boundary dispute: Ogun LG Chairman urges Lagos to call Ojodu boss to order over signpost

The Chairman of Ifo Local Government successful Ogun State, Kusimo Idris Olalekan, has urged the Lagos State Government to telephone the Chairman of Ojodu Local Government to bid implicit the erection of a signpost bearing the inscription, “Welcome to Lagos State,” astatine a disputed determination on the Yakoyo–Ojodu Road.

Olalekan said the placement of the signpost had raised concerns astir the bound betwixt Ogun and Lagos states, peculiarly astir Yakoyo successful Isheri-Ojodu Ward, wherever Ifo Local Government maintains that the determination falls wrong Ogun State’s territorial jurisdiction.

The assembly expressed interest that the signpost, which indicates the opening of Lagos State, could make disorder among residents and roadworthy users implicit the existent bound betwixt the 2 neighbouring states.

The improvement comes amid concerns implicit the territorial limits of the 2 states successful the affected area, pursuing the operation of a roadworthy by the Ogun State Government nether Governor Dapo Abiodun.

Ifo Local Government maintained that the disputed determination falls wrong its jurisdiction and called connected the Lagos State Government to intervene by directing the Ojodu Local Government president to desist from actions tha...