Sonariwo requested for Awolowo state creation

Paramount ruler of Remo Kingdom, Oba Michael Adeniyi
Sonariwo, Akarigbo of Remo has called on President
Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government to create
Awolowo state out of Ijebu and Remo divisions of Ogun State.
The monarch said creating Awolowo state would put an end
to the controversies that have been trailing the creation of
Ijebu state since the agitation started decades ago.
The rationale behind this, he said was that Ijebu and Remo
have been agitating for the creation of a state out of the old
Ijebu province.

He argued further that the place remained the only province in
Nigeria today, which has not become a state out of the
provinces created during the colonial era.

The royal father, however, said the serious controversies that
had been hindering the creation of the state was identity
crisis because Ijebu state wanted Ijebu created and the capital
located in Ijebu Ode.

Remo, on the other hand, insisted that if the state must be
named Ijebu state the headquarters must be in Remo so that
the identity of the two people would be preserved.

To avoid all these controversies, Oba Sonariwo added that if
the state capital should be in Ijebu Ode, the state should be
named Ijebu Remo state or Awolowo state, but Awolowo state
would be a great honour for the first premier of Western
Region, who did a lot not only for the Yoruba race but the
entire nation.