Angry youths in Ifon, the headquarters of the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State over the weekend chased away policemen at the divisional police station and set the station ablaze.
According to information from some locals, the violent crisis was said to have started with a clash between two different groups of youths in the community on Valentine’s Day.
One of the groups involved reported the case at the police station, and two members of the other group were arrested by the police; unfortunately, one of them was said to have died from police torture while the other was being hospitalised.
This development was said to have angered some youths in the community who protested at the police station and allegedly chased away policemen on duty and set the station ablaze.
It was gathered that the protest continued on Sunday morning, and this prompted the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Wilfred Afolabi, to visit the town for an on-the-spot assessment of the crisis.
