The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has received in his palace selected Fulani herdsmen from Ola Oluwa Local Government of Iwoland, Osun State.

During their meeting, Oba Akanbi acknowledged the existing cooperation and peaceful coexistence between Fulanis and Yorubas in Iwoland from time immemorial and called for continued synergy to repel the encroachment of questionable strangers into the land.

Oluwo charged the herdsmen to assist in security intelligence gathering in their areas and resist any form of inducement from external strangers recruiting residents as informants.

Responding, the Seriki Fulani of Ola Oluwa,  Abubakar Sidik, described Iwo and their ancestral home and assured Oluwo of utmost support to secure the land from banditry

Abubakar said, “Iwo is my ancestral home.  My great-grandparents were born here in Iwo. These children you are seeing here do not know any other place. Their great-grandparents were born and died on Iwo soil. If you ask them where they came from, they will tell you Iwo. Kabiesi, I assure you, the bad among them will turn a new leaf. Your dream for Iwoland will be fulfilled.

“I am happy this type of meeting came up. I am sure your voice will count. My great-grandparents were born here. My great-grandparents were the first Fulani to settle on Iwo soil.  Kabiesi, I can not allow anyone to destroy the good name and legacy left behind by them. These children are under my watch, and they are all listening. I assure you, they will turn a new leaf with your monitoring and my close watch ”

Oluwo adopted them as his children and presented cash and foodstuffs as gifts.

The monarch urged Nigerians to stop ethnic stereotypes because of a few bad eggs in each tribe.