Ifon/Ilobu communal crisis: Adeleke imposes fresh curfew

The Osun State Government has announced a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew on the Ifon and Ilobu communities following a resurgence of communal violence.

The curfew, which takes effect immediately from Thursday, January 16, 2025, will remain in place until further notice.

The State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Hon. Kolapo Alimi, made this known in a statement in Osogbo, adding that a contingent of all security personnel, comprising the Army, Police, and Civil Defence, has been accordingly deployed to the warring communities to forestall further anarchy.

According to him, all stakeholders in the areas are advised to cooperate with the state government to resolve the issues amicably and ensure lasting peace.

He assured that an enlarged Committee of Stakeholders, which shall consist of the representatives of the communities, the Service Chiefs, the representatives of the State Council of Obas, and other relevant bodies, will be immediately constituted to resolve the issue permanently.

“Finally, anyone or group of persons found or caught doing or instigating any further violence, knowingly or unknowingly, in breach of lasting peace, would be made to face the full wrath of the law via necessary prosecution, in line with the dictates of the law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

He stated that the state government took all the above decisions aimed at ensuring lasting peace in the warring communities.

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