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Owa-Onire: A Ghost Town and One Man Left Behind

“Everyone ran. Lekan stayed. Now he’s the only name left to answer when the wind calls Owa-Onire.”

When the security team of 100 men from the drone unit, MOPOL, and the Anti-Kidnapping Squad rolled into Owa-Onire today, they found nothing but silence. No markets, no voices, no children. Just empty compounds, a locked mosque, a quiet church, and one man standing in the middle of it all.

The operation is part of the Inspector General of Police’s push to screen the Kwara South forest belts. Ifelodun, Isin, Oke-Ero, Ekiti LGAs — troops are moving through all of them. But Owa-Onire stopped them cold. A town wiped clean.

The only person left is Lekan, a prince of the town. He calls himself “the landlord” now, and the title fits. The big mansion, the abandoned houses, the mosque, the church — all of it belongs to the crickets and to him.

He didn’t stay out of courage. He stayed because “Bororo’s War” took everyone else. It didn’t start with one attack. Bandits came and came again. Kidnappings became routine. Then they took the monarch himself and held him in the forest for months until a ransom was paid. After that, the people couldn’t take it anymore. They locked their doors and left. Some went to Okeonigbin. Most just disappeared into somewhere safer.

Owa-Onire isn’t alone. At least 28 communities in Ifelodun LGA are deserted. The same fate has swallowed Oro-Ago, Omugo, Ahun, Oke-Oyan, Owa-Kajola, Owa-Onire, and Oba in Isin LGA. Residents say over 23 villages have been overrun by suspected bandits. Ancestral homes stand empty. Farms rot. Towns become names on a map with no one to say them.

Lekan eats from his farm. That’s how he survives. There’s nowhere to buy food here, nowhere to buy anything. He’s alone with his land and the memory of a town that used to be alive.

The team leader handed him ₦10,000. Lekan took it quietly. He said he’d go to Okeonigbin to buy foodstuffs — the nearest place that still has a market.

He also told them people came into the community last night. He doesn’t know who they were or what they took. He just knows he heard them, and in the morning, nothing had changed. He was still alone.

Visibly disturbed by what they saw, the senior officers from Abuja and Lagos said no Nigerian community should be reduced to this. They described Owa-Onire’s abandonment as a failure that demands immediate action, and pledged to push for sustained security presence and concrete measures that will allow displaced residents to return home without fear.

Credit: Elder Oyin Ajirotutu Zubair

Reposted by Ilorin News Outlet TV

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🤯🇺🇬 IN 1986, MUSEVENI WARNED AFRICA ABOUT LEADERS WHO STAY TOO LONG IN POWER…

Then he became one of the longest-serving leaders on the continent.

When Yoweri Museveni took power in Uganda on January 26, 1986, he famously argued that one of Africa’s biggest problems was leaders who overstay in office.

Nearly 40 years later, Museveni is still President of Uganda.

From the Cold War era to the age of Artificial Intelligence, Uganda has had the same leader throughout. He has governed continuously since 1986 and is currently serving his seventh consecutive term.

His supporters credit him with bringing stability, economic reforms, and infrastructure development to Uganda.

His critics argue that his continued rule reflects the very problem he once warned Africa about.

Regardless of where one stands politically, Museveni’s presidency remains one of the most remarkable and debated political stories in modern African history.

💬 Do you think long-serving leaders provide stability and continuity, or do term limits strengthen democracy and national development?

The IGP crack team has arrested Ifechukwu Dennis who originated the fake voice that he passed on to his gullible targets as President Tinubu’s voice. Dennis was arrested in Benin. The police will issue an official statement.