An announcement of a 24-hour curfew by the Osun state government has been made on three communities in the state due to the violence there.
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.
A 24-hour curfew has now been enforced on the three communities and Governor Ademola Adeleke has charged security agencies in the state to ensure the execution of the curfew.
In a separate statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, Mr Adeleke 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.
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 important to forestall the aggravation of the crisis and breakdown of law and order due to the communal clashes in the communities.
In addition, Governor Adeleke has 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 aggravated communal crisis and pledges that perpetrators will face the wrath of law.”