Governor Seyi Makinde has donated N1 million each to the families of the five persons recently killed by the operatives of the Nigerian Customs, in Iseyin town, Oyo State.
Makinde, speaking at the palace of the Aseyin of Iseyinland when he led a campaign procession of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to Oba Abdulganiy Adekunle Salau’s palace ahead of May 22, local government election in the state, pledged that the state government would take up the issue of the killings with the Nigerian Customs.
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While commiserating with the families of the deceased, Makinde admonished the people of Iseyin to allow peace to reign in the city and not to take laws into their hands.
The governor also pledged to complete the construction of Iseyin-Ogbomosho and Oyo-Iseyin roads before the end of the present tenure, adding that Iseyin Campus of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) would commence operations in the new session starting in September/October 2021.
