A communal clash between two communities in Osun State has claimed about eight lives.
It was gathered that the people of Ilobu and Ifon communities engaged one another when the deceased were hit and killed by stray bullets fired by the security operatives deployed to the area to quell the clash.
Speaking to newsmen on behalf of Ilobu community, the Otun-Jagun of Ilobu, Chief Leke Ogunsola, said four lives, including a baby, were killed in the crisis on the side of the town.
According to the Otun-Jagun: “The government intervention is not enough because of security agencies that were drafted to the area stationed themselves at Ojutu bridge. They didn’t enter the town where the clashes happened. So far, from Ilobu community, we have recorded four fatalities including a baby.”
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However, though the casualty figure on the side of Ifon community was not immediately known, it was also suspected that four people were felled by the stray bullets of security agents.
Prince Jide Akinyooye, the Secretary, Board of Trustees, of Ifon-Orolu Progressive Union, told journalists that many houses in the community were torched during the attack.
“The gazette that ceded parts of the land, belonging to Ifon to Ilobu during Rauf Aregbesola’s regime has been causing the crisis. We are in danger. We have tried to avoid reprisal but the refusal of the police to act may lead to another thing. Several houses were burnt,” Akinyooye said.