Residents of Ikere-Ekiti in Ekiti State have stopped government agencies from cutting down a “sacred tree” for the dualisation of a road in the community.
Governor Ayo Fayose reportedly ordered that the tree in a historical site be uprooted for a road project.
Youths and traditionalists lit bonfires at Odo-Oja area of the town.
Fayose reportedly led armed policemen and operatives of the state’s security outfit, Operation Flush in the heat of the crisis.