Traditionalists in Ikere Ekiti in Ekiti who believed a tree in the state was sacred have frustrated efforts by the state government to cut down the said tree to enable to state government embark on a road dualization project.
Governor Fayose was said to have ordered his men to uproot the tree for the commencement of a road dualization project in the area but they were sent packing after traditionalists lit bonfires at Odo Oja area of Ikere Ekiti.
In the heat of the crisis generated by the bonfires at Odo Oja area of the town, Fayose reportedly led armed policemen to the area to put the situation under control.
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