Nigeria, July 11 -- The Ipee community in the Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State has appealed to Governor AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq to intervene in its land dispute with the neighbouring Offa community.

The Ipee community appealed to the governor after Offa reportedly claimed that some families in Offa own a parcel of land at ile Poro, where the federal government proposed building a housing estate.

In a statement by Ibrahim Toyin, the National Public Relations Officer of Ipee Progressive Union (IPU), the community said the project's location at Ile Poro in the Egunkara area traditionally belongs to it. It said Offa's claim arose from a "deliberate misrepresentation and misunderstanding" of a court judgement on the dispute.

The co...