Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has approved that the curfew imposed on warring communities in the state be extended to Erin-Osun town in Ifon-Orolu local government council area of the state.
The extension is according to a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, following the escalation of the crisis between warring Ilobu and Ifon.
Kolapo Alimi in the statement also disclosed that the curfew time has been increased to 24 hours daily till further notice.
Alimi also disclosed that Governor Adeleke directed all security agencies such as the Military, Nigeria Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, NSCDC, Immigration, NDLEA, and Amotekun among others to extend its security surveillance to the community.
The statement reads, “All the security agencies are to ensure strict compliance to 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.”
Alimi also said the governor expressed dissatisfaction over the resurgence of the crisis in the warring communities.
“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.”
“Governor Adeleke has further directed that the joint security team comprising the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Police, 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, the statement concludes.”
The communal clashes between Ifon and Ilobu community ignited again on Thursday, March 20, 2025 and in the aftermath, Newspot gathered that three persons have died and goods worth millions of Naira were destroyed.
Governor Adeleke had on Friday directed all security agencies in the state to maintain strict vigilance and bring the instigators of the event violence to justice.
He also directed the peace committee inaugurated early in the year to go back to work.
With the escalation of violence, the state government announced a dusk to dawn curfew in Ilobu and Ifon towns late on Friday.
