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 told Daily Sun at the weekend that 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.

Akarigbo said creating Awolowo state would mean immortalising the late premier of the Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the way Washington D.C. was created in memory of the late found­ing President of the United States of America, George Washington.

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.

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