𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗥 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗜𝗟?: 𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗡𝗢 𝗖𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘.

𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗥 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗜𝗟?: 𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗡𝗢 𝗖𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘.

𝗕𝗬 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗧𝗔 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘,
𝗢𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁,
30𝘁𝗵, 𝗝𝗮𝗻. 2026.

The Ondo State Government has fired a strong warning shot in the escalating territorial dispute over the Eba Island oil well, declaring—without hesitation—that the asset lies squarely within Ondo State territory and remains a legally designated Ondo State Forestry Reserve.

In a forceful clarification, the state government dismissed competing claims by stressing that the surrounding settlements—Ago Alaja, Balogun Bode and Fasuyi—are not independent communities but cluster villages of Atijere, whose inhabitants are undisputed indigenes of Ondo State.

Ondo State further reinforced its position with historical and administrative authority, revealing that all Baales and village heads, past and present—including the current Baale of Fasuyi, Chief Segun Fasuyi—were installed by the Ondo State Government, leaving no vacuum for territorial ambiguity.

While welcoming the intervention of the House of Representatives, following a motion of urgent public importance moved by Hon. Donald Kimikanboh Ojogo (Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency), the state made it clear that the involvement of the National Boundary Commission (NBC) should not reopen settled facts, but rather confirm existing evidence.

Ondo State issued a direct call to the NBC and relevant federal agencies to release authoritative records and documentary proof capable of decisively ending the dispute and what it described as unnecessary public tension and speculation.

Reassuring residents of the affected communities, the government urged calm while making it unmistakably clear that it will lawfully but firmly defend its territorial integrity and administrative authority over Eba Island.

“Ondo State will not surrender its land, history, or resources to confusion or distortion,” the statement implied.
In closing, the state reaffirmed its readiness to cooperate with the Federal Government to protect the oil well as a national asset, insisting that the truth about its location and ownership must be established beyond doubt.

The message from Akure is clear:
This is Ondo land—and Ondo State is ready to defend it.

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