People of Efon Alààyè under the aegis of EFON ALAAYE DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE (EDL) have berated the autonomy granted by the Ekiti State government and break away of Ahun from Efon Alààyè as an independent community to become Ahun Ekiti.
In a statement jointly signed by the EDL President-General, Bode Fagbemiro and the Secretary, Barrister Afọlábí Ige, the expressed disappointment and alleged the state government of not following the rules of law by allowing the court to decide the case.
According to them:
Our shock was aggravated further because the issue is subjudice as the matter is a part of the subjects of cases pending both at the State High Court in Ado-Ekiti and the Supreme Court of Nigeria vide suite SC/CV/1063/2021.
The State Government had earlier in its white paper on the report of Justice Aladejana Committee noted that the case of Efon Alaaye community Vs Ahun can not be treated because of court cases.
It is therefore worrisome that a democratically elected government can in a twist contemptuously commit such an affront against the highest court in the land. This is nothing sort of pushing the people to self help and an instigation to violence five days to the exit of Gov. Kayode Fayemi.
We state without equivocation that we stand with Kabiyesi, the Alaaye of Efon-Alaaye, HRM, Oba (Dr.) Emmanuel Adesanya Aladejare, PhD., CON that Efon Alaaye is one indivisible and indissoluble entity with recorded history dated back to 11th century A.D. This position is the position of the League and all Efon Alaaye people and which we are prepared to defend.
We call on the Ekiti State Government to take cognizance of the cases in courts and restrain itself on this matter in the interest of peace as we shall continue to appeal for calm in the town to the best of our ability but without guarantee in the meantime.