Apart from the Old Oyo National park which is the 3rd largest national Park in Nigeria covering 2512km² and cut across 11 local governments (10 in Oyo and 1 in Kwara state) and equivalent to about 70% of total Lagos landmass, Oyo State still have additional 9 other reserves and they are below with their corresponding size.
1. Opara Forest Reserve: 248,640 ha = 2,486.4 km².
2. Igangan Forest Reserve: 40,643.885 ha = 406.44 km²
3. Ijaiye Forest Reserve: 25,544.856 ha = 255.45 km².
4. Gambari Forest Reserve: 17,982.964 ha = 179.83 km².
5. Lanlate Forest Reserve: 10,879.054 ha = 108.79 km².
6. Eruwa Forest Reserve: 7,488.207 ha = 74.88 km².
7. Oso Forest Reserve: 3,820.779 ha = 38.21 km².
8. Eleyele Forest Reserve: 526.092 ha = 5.26 km².
So Opara reserve and the old Oyo National park is about 36% larger than the entire Lagos state. Just 2 Reserve forest oooo. If all the Lagos state security architecture are deployed to these 2 reserves,, they can't police them sucessfully.
Apart from the above, Oyo State still has the other 3 reserves — Olokomeji, Olasehinde, and Okoo-Iro but their exact sizes weren’t fully documented.
In conclusion the
@oyostategovt under the leadership of
@seyimakinde and the
@followlasg under the leadership of
@jidesanwoolu are miles apart and their security headache can't be the same and must not be compared.
Kindly take note
@Oyoaffairs
Thank you for your attention to this matter.