Why Adeleke imposed curfew on Osun communities

Why Adeleke imposed curfew on Osun communities

 

 

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has reimposed the 6 pm to 6 am curfew on Ilobu and Ifon communities, following renewed hostilities involving the towns.

 

 

The governor announced the decision in a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, obtained in Osogbo on Tuesday.

 

 

 

Militias from Ilobu and Ifon communities had resumed fighting in villages at the border of Osun and Oyo States on Monday.

Police had confirmed the death of two persons in the crisis while property was also said to have been destroyed.

 

 

Before the latest crises, Adeleke had in October last year imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the two communities due to bloody clashes involving them.

 

 

 

The curfew was however lifted in December, having observed that relative peace had returned to the area.

The Tuesday statement read partly, “Premised on the review of the security situation, His Excellency, Senator Ademola Adeleke, in his capacity as the Chief Security Officer of the state, has approved that the 6 pm to 6 am curfew be imposed with immediate effect.