Non-Ibadan residents were yesterday enjoined to live peacefully with their hosts and cooperate with the Olubadan Palace towards ensuring that nobody is unjustly treated.
Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, made the call at his Alarere, Ibadan residence while hosting the executive members of the Offa Descendants Union (ODU), Ibadan zone who paid him a congratulatory visit.
Oba Balogun, who remarked that Ibadan has for a very long time in history become a melting pot of different nationalities would not change under his reign, rather, he said the Palace would encourage the metropolis to be more conducive for indigenes and non-indigenes alike.
To however complement his gesture, the monarch declared the need for all to live peacefully among themselves, adding, “the accommodating nature of Ibadans is second to none which accounts for our daily expansion to our joy and satisfaction.
“It is however incumbent upon our visitors to reciprocate Ibadans’ good nature by shunning all forms of act capable of disrupting the age-long tradition of good neighborliness and I want to assure you of my fairness to all in the relationship between the residents and the Palace as a father of all”, Olubadan stated.