Nigeria: Osun Communities Trade Blames Over Killings in Renewed Clashes, Call for Tinubu's, Osun Govt.'S Intervention
- Communities of Ilobu and Erin-Osun in Osun State are blaming each other for recent violence linked to long-standing land disputes, resulting in deaths and displacements.
- Olufemi Salako, President of the Ilobu Asake Development Union, has called for governmental intervention to stop the violence and noted the destruction caused by the conflicts.
- Kayode Olawale, President of the Erin-Osun Progressive Union, alleges Ilobu residents attacked Erin-Osun, resulting in fire and destruction, and calls for state assistance for displaced residents.
- Governor Ademola Adeleke has ordered a 24-hour curfew and distribution of relief materials to affected communities to address the humanitarian crisis.
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Osun governor imposes 24 hours curfew on warring communities
The violence between residents of Ifon and Ilobu communities has spread to Erin-Osun community, the state's information commissioner, Kolapo Alimi, wrote in a statement. The post Osun governor imposes 24 hours curfew on warring communities appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Communal Clash: Adeleke imposes 24-hour curfew on warring communities - Daily Trust
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Ilobu, Ifon, and Erin-Osun communities with immediate effect. This is meant to curb the further spread of the communal crisis that has been ongoing in the communities. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, the governor expressed dissatisfaction with the resurgence of the crisis in Ilobu and Ifon which has now extended…
JUST IN: 24-hour curfew imposed as Osun communal clashes escalate
The communal clashes involving Ifon and Ilobu communities escalated on Saturday, spreading to the Erin Osun community. The governor, Ademola Adeleke, has subsequently imposed a 24-hour curfew on the affected communities. Adeleke had initially imposed a 12-hour curfew in the wake of the communal clashes that had displaced many residents of Ifon, Ilobu and Erin


Ifon-Ilobu Communal Dispute: Gov Adeleke extends curfew to Erin-Osun town
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has approved that the curfew imposed on warring communities in the state be extended to Erin-Osun town in Ifon-Orolu local government council area of the state. The extension is according to a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, following the escalation of the crisis between warring Ilobu and Ifon. Kolapo Alimi in the statement also disclosed that the cu…
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