Ibadan Circular Road Corridor Victims

13/10/2026

Did you miss this ?

13/10/2026

Oriyomi signed a total reversal , Sharafa Ali promised Total reversal, Seyi Makinde promised partial/conditional reversal

13/10/2026

These honorables do not deserve to represent Ibadan people in an facet of governance again.

They disappointed us on Ibadan Circular Road
Under their watch we were displaced and homeless
Under their watch, our houses were demolished without relocation or compensation
Under their watch our children could not attend school again
Under their watch our people died as a result of demolition.

Ibadan deserves responsible leaders who will stand and defend their people even at gunpoint

13/10/2026

Governor should list out the Desperately populated area
75meter

Questions
1. what will happen to the remaining 425m in populated area????

🫱 Will he free the lands from Acquisition ?
🫱 Will he placed the 425m on sublease ( because he formerly said an agency have global c of o)
🫱 will he pay adequate compensation to the lands owners where he found 500m????
(Will he gazatte that particular place he found 500m) ?
🫱 what will happen to few houses (1-5) he found in-between where he found 500m ????

Answer THIS?
Thanks

13/10/2026

*BEYOND NO MORE DEMOLITION ON 1000M CORRIDOR*
You will recall the seven-day protest by residents of the Ibadan Circular Road Corridor, which brought Ibadan to a standstill in 2025. While recent developments may appear, to some, to have addressed the concerns of the agitators, the question remains: has the core issue truly been resolved?

Under the slogan *“No More Corridor,”* the protest successfully halted the incessant demolitions along the Ibadan Circular Road that were carried out without compensation in early 2024. However, stopping demolitions alone does not fully address the residents’ grievances. The forceful acquisition of a total of 1000m corridor i.e 500meters right + 500 meters left on the 110-kilometre long Ibadan Circular Road—cutting across six local governments—remains a major point of contention.

Residents’ demands go beyond an end to demolition. They include the payment of adequate compensation to owners of already demolished properties, compensation before any further demolition of houses located within the 75-meter right of way undisputably acquired by Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja in 2006 , and the outright cancellation of the proposed 1000-meter corridor. While we acknowledge that the Ibadan Circular Road project itself is a welcome development, the acquisition of 500 meters on either side by the Oyo State Government allegedly under the directive of Governor Seyi Makinde—is widely perceived as deliberate and forceful land grabbing, using state machinery and the guise of public interest.

As of January 27, 2026, the disagreement between the government and corridor residents remains unresolved. We firmly reject the insistence by Governor Seyi Makinde that residents in the six local government must become government tenants through a proposed Deed of Sublease introduced via the Oyo State New Towns and Cities Development Agency. We maintain that we did not purchase government-acquired land, and that any acquisition of private property must strictly follow due process as stipulated by the Land Use Act.

Beyond opposing demolitions, we reiterate that we did not buy government land. Many residents possess valid land documents issued by the Ministry of Lands after 2009 up till 2012 when Oyo state government claimed the land was acquired in 2009. While we acknowledge that a proposal was once conceived during the tenure of the late Governor Ajimobi, it never materialized. Our fear now is that these lands have been sold to estate developers, foreign companies, private investors, and political cronies.

Consequently, residents affected by the proposed 1000-meter Ibadan Circular Road corridor outrightly reject the Deed of Sublease being advanced through the Oyo State New Towns and Cities Development Agency—and we will not settle for anything less than justice.

We therefore call for help from international bodies , Federal Government of Nigeria, Professionals bodies , NGO's , humans right organisations , political bodies and individuals to rise to our aid before our rights are totally trampled upon.

_E Signed_
Concerned Residents on Ibadan Circular Road Corridor

12/10/2026

Dear Gov. Seyi Makinde we have not appointed anyone or group to sign or perfect any government document on behalf of the 6 local governments. Any attempt on this without all the stakeholders only complicates the matter at hand.

12/10/2026

*Questions we should ask Gov. Seyi Makinde's after his broadcast*

1. Does Deed of sublease still exist for populated areas?
2. What will happen to undeveloped land after the populated areas upto 500m landmarks?
3. Has the Global C of O given to Oyo State New Towns and Cities development agencies been retrieved ?
4. Have they done a detailed survey to determine the dimension and size of populated areas on the 1000m corridor? If No how do they intend to map those communities out?
5. When should we begin to approach the Ministry of Land to perfect our documents not OYNTCDA?
6. Has the freeze order been lifted, can we continue to develop our land ?
7. When will Egbeda, Lagelu and Akinyele owners of demolished house be verified for compensation and when will these 3 local governments be paid ?
8. The 5.8 billion naira he referred to in his broadcast is for how many local governments?
9. Are communities with scanty houses within the number of 2-20 preserved under his utterances note that we have once been told that those people would be compensated after which their houses will be demolished on the corridor.
10. Why did he deliberately choose not to grant our request untill Campeign period?
11. Why did he delay the disbursement of approved 5.8 billion naira compensation till now ?
12. Oluyole industrial zone , how many industries have been brought into operation there that should convince us corridor is for Industrialization?
13. The new gazette he spoke about should not be a duplication of undisputed 75m Right of way perfected in 2006 by Oba Rashidi Ladoja, we generally admit it for his new 1000m corridor and we do not expect him to put us into another problem before he leaves office. We have never consented to 1000m across the six local government and no government document should be perfected without us.
14. I think we need to ask the Government to publish a copy of the global C of O issued to Oyo State New Towns and Cities development agencies

*These are serious questions we need answers to and until we get an answer we are resilient!*

12/10/2026

12/10/2026

A response to Governor Seyi Makinde broadcast on Fresh FM