A Boon For Peace Prospects As Ilobu, Ifon Representatives Sign Pace Pact In Osogbo

 A significant development was recorded on Friday night  in respect of the ongoing efforts to achieve peace and  end tension and  killings in Ifon , Ilobu and other towns and villages in   Irepodun and Orolu local governments, Osun state.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that representatives of the affected major towns have signed a peace pact and they have agreed to cease hostilities.

The peace pact signing  was witnessed by top government officials including the  Deputy Governor, Prince Kola Adewusi , Secretary to the State Government ,Hon. Teslim Igbalaye and Commissioner for Rural Development, Alhaji Ganiyu Olaoluwa ‘Asejere’.

 Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com noted that the state government has considered this as a good development that has indicated a near lasting peace in the two communities,

The  state government noted however that  the 24 -hour curfew imposed on the two towns still remain in force .

‘That Ifon and Ilobu Communities of Orolu and Irepodun local governments respectively have agreed to sheath their swords with immediate effect following a signed Peace Agreement to stop the communal clashes.

 

2. That notwithstanding this cheering development, His Excellency, Senator Ademola Adeleke,the Executive Governor of Osun state in his capacity as the Chief Security Officer of the state directs that the 24-hour Curfew earlier imposed on Orolu and Irepodun local governments housing Ifon and Ilobu communities be continued until further notice.

3.That the Peace pact agreement was arrived at during a stakeholder meeting held Friday night, between Osun state government and the leaders of the two warring communities.

4.That Osun state government delegation to the peace agreement was led by the state Deputy Governor, Prince Kola Adewusi alongside the Secretary to the State Government ,Hon. Teslim Igbalaye, and other top government officials .

5. That Otun Olobu, Chief Jimoh Waliyu, the Esa of Ifon, Chief Babatunde Oyetunji and the representative of the third community of Olokanla, Mr. Bashiru Azeez , with two other representatives from each of the community, signed the peace agreement on behalf of their communities.

6.That Governor Ademola Adeleke commended the resolve by the warring communities in putting pen on paper to say ‘No To War’ and ‘Yes To Peace’ in Ifon,Ilobu and Olokanla communities.

7.That with the peace agreement reached, the 24-hour curfew should continue till a total restoration of peace, law and order in the communities, must have been seen to have returned totally.

8.That anyone or group of persons found or caught doing or saying anything contrary to the peace agreement would be prosecuted in line with the dictates of the law accordingly.

9.That strict restriction of both human and vehicular movements in the affected areas and communities subsists, until otherwise directed by His Excellency, the state Governor and the Chief Security Officer of Osun state.

10. That officers of the Joint Security Task Force comprising the Nigerian Army, Police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps and other security agents, as directed by His Excellency, are to remain on the 24 -hour surveillance of the two communities with a view to ensuring a lasting peace.

11.That as a government, the present administration will not stop at doing anything as enshrined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to protect the lives and property of the people of Orolu and Irepodun local governments and by extension, Osun state in general.

12.That Osun state government appreciates the leadership of Ifon and Ilobu communities as well as Olokanla for  signing the peace agreement .

13.That  Osun state government, once again, commiserates with the families of victims of the communal clashes, who lost their lives in the wake of the recent crisis’ the statement said-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you