Osun: Gov Adeleke Constitutes Committee To Resolve Ifo/Ilobu Crisis

By Ayodele Oni

In continuation of its search for permanent peace between warring communities of Ifo/Ilobu in Osun state, Governor Ademola Adeleke has set up 14 members community resolution committee.

The committee members made up of representatives of both communities and charged with the responsibility to resolving all matters affecting the warring communities and in relation to the Ifon-Ilobu communal clashes.

This was disclosed after a high powered security meeting with all the stakeholders from Ilobu, Ifon, and Erin communities who the Governor met in their respective communities.

A statement by the state commissioner for information and public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, in Osogbo, stated that the Governor appreciated the royal fathers, community leaders, sons and daughters for embracing peace and nominating representatives, who are to deliberate and bring an end to the communal crisis in the warring communities.

According to the statement, the Community Peace Resolution Committee consists of four persons each from Ilobu, Ifon and Erin-Osun communities, while two representatives were also chosen from Okanla to make it a 14-member committee .

“While wishing them success in the assignment, Osun state government further rolled out the following terms of reference as a template that will guide them in the course of carrying out the Peace mission:

“To sit and fashion out an amicable ways of settling and ensuring lasting peace in the warring communities.

“To work with security agencies such as the Army, Police, Civil Defence and stakeholders for the warring communities to surrender the firearms in their possessions.

“To ensure that residents of the communities abide by the rules and regulations established by the government to abolish the communal clashes in the communities forthwith.”

Government, however, warned that should there be any breakdown of law and order after these resolutions, members of the 14 member committee will be held culpable.

Consequently, the Osun State Government reiterated its earlier commitment towards prioritizing peace and unity in the warring communities and the entire state at large.