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  • Adeleke raises the alarm over plot to resume Ifon/Ilobu clash

    Adeleke raises the alarm over plot to resume Ifon/Ilobu clash

    Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke has raised the alarm over plots by some people to resume the Ifon and Ilobu communal clash over land dispute. 

    He spoke on Monday barely 24 hours after The Nation visited the warring communities on Eid-el-Fitr celebration and observed the tense  atmosphere and animosity despite tight security measures.

    Adeleke vowed to dethrone the Kings of the warring communities if they fail to maintain peace and allow the war to escalate again. 

    In a statement by his spokesman, Olawale Rasheed Adeleke ordered the traditional rulers of Ifon, Erin Osun and Ilobu communities to sustain peace and de-escalation of the crisis. 

    He said; “In the midst of sallah celebrations, I got reports of some people planning another round of conflict around Ifon, Ilobu and Erin Osun towns. The security agencies have tightened surveillance to ensure no attacks take place. 

    “The security agencies are also speeding up the interrogation of key chieftains and actors in the conflict. I will remind top leaders of the towns that the peace undertaking they are signing are not for joke. They will be held accountable. There will be accountability before the law.”

    He added: “The curfew we relaxed was on humanitarian grounds. As a compassionate government, we know many innocent people are suffering because of the evil agenda of a few elements across the conflict areas. Any attempt to exploit the adjustment of the curfew for renewed violence will be met with full re-imposition of the 24-hour curfew.

    “Additionally, I will remove from office, any traditional ruler where violence recurs. This card is on the table. Royal fathers of each town must call their subjects to order. I will wield the big stick. Enough is enough.”

  • Ifon/Ilobu clash: One dies, chief, three others arrested

    Ifon/Ilobu clash: One dies, chief, three others arrested

    One person has been reportedly dismembered during the raging communal clash between Ifon, Ilobu and Erin clash despite the 24-hour curfew imposed by Governor Ademola Adeleke. 

    It was gathered a community head of Ilobu and three others from Ifon were arrested over the circumstances of fresh killing in the areas. 

    The Nation learnt Lukman Akorede and three other residents of Ifon had gone to one of the disputed lands to inspect a house which they thought had been burnt down when the incident occurred. 

    Speaking with The Nation, Secretary of Ifon-Osun Progressive Union, Prince Jide Akinyooye, said: “Four of our people when to inspect their house at Ahoro-Afin on the tip off that Ilobu people are burning their houses. When they got there, they were ambushed, killed one of them. 

    “They were leading other three to the palace of Olobu after they had administered oath of secrecy that they must not tell anyone what happen. While they led them, they were accosted by Joint Task Force. 

    “They handed over them to them on the pretense that they arrested them while attempting to burn houses. 

    “After they transferred them to Osogbo, they confessed that one of them have been killed and dismembered by those that handed them over to police. They fingered the community head of that area. He was later arrested with loaves of bread used in burning houses.”

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    However, the Otun-Jagun of Ilobu, Chief Leke Ogunsola, denied the allegations but confirmed the arrest of one Chief Tajudeen Oderinde. 

    “It is a lie that our people killed one of them, they were about burning a house at Ifon when angry residents killed one of them and Chief Oderinde intervened, rescued them, and transported them to Osogbo.”

    Osun Police spokesperson SP Adeola Adeoye did not reply when contacted on phone as of the time of filing this report.