NASS to Create New State in Southwest: Stakeholder Reacts [Video]

• The House of Representatives has moved to divide Oyo state into Ibadan and Oyo, respectively, and both towns would also remain the capitals of the new state
• However, a concerned stakeholder and legal practitioner, Wale Adeagbo, said the proposal for the Oyo state would not bring the desired oneness
• The Ibadan-born lawyer, while speaking with Legit.ng, questioned why the Oyo would retain the state and the capital and foresaw another quest for Oke-Ogun state in the future of Oyo

The National Assembly’s move to divide Oyo state into two has continued to generate reactions from concerned stakeholders. One of them shares his view with Legit.ng in an exclusive interview.

Wale Adeagbo, an Ibadan-born legal practitioner, maintained that there are agitations to divide Oyo state and that the quest for Ibadan state to come into existence is genuine, but for Oyo to have the state and capital would not capture the oneness required in the agitation.