Ifon/ Ilobu Communal Violence: Osun Govt Sets Up 16-Member Resolution Committee 

  Osun  state Government on Thursday held another high -powered security meeting with all the stakeholders in  Ilobu, Ifon, Erin and Okanla communities in attendance, a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com  by Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, submitted while noting that an agreement was reached during the meeting as part of efforts to achieve peace in the communities in question.

The statement noted that they were in agreement ‘with the following resolutions aimed at bringing an end to the communal crisis between Ifon and Ilobu communities’.

‘The resolutions endorsed and approved by all stakeholders are as follows: 

1. That any person or group of persons in possession of firearms and ammunition should surrender such ammunition within 24 hours from today, February 1, 2024, to the nearest police or security formations;

2. That the police authority in the state has been mandated to invite for interrogation, all those who made themselves available as chiefs or custodians of the disputed areas;

3. A 16-member Resolution committee has been established by the Osun state government to sit and come up with amicable ways of addressing the entire issues at stake;

4. That the Committee is to  submit its findings in two weeks’ time, with the 15th of February, 2024, given as the deadline.

The high- powered security committee set up by Osun state Government, however, maintained that the 6pm to 6 am curfew earlier imposed on the two communities still remains in force and all security personnel comprising the Army, Police, Civil Defence are to remain where they are to ensure lasting peace in the warring communities.

The Stakeholder meeting has resolved that anybody found with arms and ammunition in the communities in question after the deadline should be arrested and prosecuted. 

Finally, anyone or group of persons found or caught still instigating any further violence, to sabotage lasting peace being  envisioned in the warring communities would be made to face the full wrath of the law’ the statement said–Team@orientactualmags.com
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