The traditional ruler of Babanla in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Aliyu Yusuf Arojojoye, at the weekend, inaugurated a nine-man Transition Implementation Committee to steer the affairs of the National Executive of the Babanla Community Development Association (BCDA).

This followed the formal submission and adoption of the report of the five-man Constitution Drafting Committee chaired by Dr Aderemi Babatunde with Mallam Hamzat Lawal, Alh. Hakeem Nurudeen, and Lawyer Abdullateef Abdul Salam (members) and Mallam Ismail Sanni as secretary.

The meeting was attended by the monarch in council, with a cross-section of BCDA representatives across the country.

Receiving the draft, the Oba appreciated the committee for a job well done, noting that generations yet unborn would remember them for producing the historic document.

Earlier, the Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee, Dr Aderemi Babatunde, had detailed the painstaking efforts undertaken by the Committee in producing the document.

Thereafter, a nine-member Transition Implementation Committee was constituted to manage the affairs of the Association for the next six months, pending elections into the various positions of the National Executive. The committee is also charged with the responsibility of organising the modalities for the elections.

The members of the Transition Implementation Committee are Dr Jamiyu Omotayo Anigilaje (Chairman), Mallam Hamzat Lawal (Vice Chairman), Rev. Isaac Abolarin (Secretary) and Dr Emmanuel Segun Alayode (Financial Secretary).

Others are Nurudeen Alabi (Treasurer), Lookman Yusuf (PRO), Moruf Musa (Auditor), Gafar Anigilaje (Ex-Officio I) and Ismaila Alabi (Ex-Officio II).

However, the traditional ruler appealed to all chapters of the Association to extend full cooperation and support to the Committee to enable it achieve impactful results to ensure continued positive progress for the Babanla community.

He further called on everyone to henceforth desist from spreading false information about the community, saying, “Such actions not only demarket Babanla but also inflict incalculable damage on its good name.”

He emphasised that banditry is a national menace which the federal and state governments are taking every necessary step to contain.

He commended the federal and state governments for measures so far taken to restore peace and security in Babanla, noting that every effort would be made to effectively rout the remnants of the criminals from the adjoining forests around Babanla and Ile-Ire.