The Osun State Government has announced a 24-hour curfew on three communities, which include Ifon, Ilobu and Erin-Osun in the state due to the violence there, which a charge on security agencies to implement the order.
Penpushing reports that the Commissioner for Information Kolapo Alimi who made this known in a statement said the violence between residents of Ifon and Ilobu communities has spread to Erin-Osun community.
‘A 24-hour curfew has now been imposed on the three communities and Governor Ademola Adeleke has charged security agencies in the state to implement the curfew’, the commissioner emphasised.
Penpushing further reports that the Governor’s spokesperson Olawale Rasheed in a separate statement declared that the Governor had threatened to depose any traditional ruler not committed to restoring peace in the communities.
‘Following the escalation of the crisis between the warring communities of Ilobu and Ifon, Osun State Governor Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved that the curfew be extended to Erin-Osun town. The curfew time is now 24 hours daily’, he wrote.
Penpushing also reports that the statement added that the Governor in same vein directed all security agencies, such as the military, Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC), Immigration, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and Amotekun corps to extend their security surveillance to the community.
‘All the security agencies are to ensure strict compliance with the curfew, which is now 24 hours daily until peace is restored. The imposed curfew was necessary to forestall escalation of the crisis and breakdown of law and order due to the communal clashes in the communities’, the statement reads.
Penpushing reports that statement stressed that the Governor has expressed dissatisfaction over the resurgence of the crisis in the warring communities, hence, the curfew will be on until further notice.
“His Excellency, Governor Ademola Adeleke is saddened at the escalation of the communal clashes between Ilobu and Ifon communities. To ensure that the crisis is curbed in the environment, the governor has approved that the curfew be extended to Erin-Osun community and the curfew time is now 24 hours daily, effective immediately (today March 22, 2025) until further notice.”
“The governor expresses his sympathy on lives and property lost in the escalated communal crisis and assures that perpetrators will face the wrath of law. Osun State is a place of peace and harmony, and the government will not allow it to be truncated’.
‘This communal clash has to stop now, and we will ensure that it happens. I urge everyone to imbibe the ethos of Omoluabi and shun communal crisis, embrace peaceful co-existence as brothers and sisters, the statement concludes’.
Penpushing further reports that Governor Ademola Adeleke had earlier held closed door meeting with traditional rulers and chiefs from the affected communities, service commanders from the Nigerian Army, police, state security service, civil defence corps, immigration service, amotekun corps among others.
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