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Governor Adeleke goes tough, imposes 24 hours curfew on warring communities
The Osun State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on three warring communities in the state.
A statement by the state’s Information Commissioner, Kolapo Alimi, said Erin Osun has now witnessed the spread of the clashes between Ifon and Ilobu communities.
Consequently, Governor Ademola Adeleke has now imposed a 24-hour curfew on the three communities, charging security agencies in the state to implement the curfew forthwith.
However, In another statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, Governor Adeleke threatened to depose any traditional ruler not committed to restoring peace in the communities.
The statement reads: “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.
“The governor also directed all security agencies, such as the military, Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp NSCDC, Immigration, NDLEA, and AMOTEKUN 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 by Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, quoted the governor as saying, the curfew on Ifon-Ilobu communities has now been extended to the Erin-Osun community until further notice, and expressed dissatisfaction with resurgence of crisis in the communities.
The statement reads: “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.”
It stated that Governor Adeleke further directed that the joint security team comprising the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Police Force, Nigerian Immigration Service, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NDLEA and AMOTEKUN among others to continue to maintain their usual 24-hour surveillance and forestall breakdown of law and order.
“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.”
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