Police question two monarchs as new yam war kills four in Kwara

Date: 2017-07-17

The two feuding monarchs of Iloffa and Odo-Owa in Oke-Ero local government areas of Kwara State, now under surveillance of security agencies, would not have engaged in avoidable acrimony over who has the right to first sell new yam in the market, looking back at the gargantuan calamities that befell the two communities in the five days the crisis lasted.

Sunday Vanguard gathered that one of the monarchs had felt insulted that the other he considered junior in status had the boldness to first sell new yam in the market in the buffer zone between the two communities without his consent, and then hell was let loose.

Though the state commissioner of police, Mr Lawan Ado, confirmed one dead in the communal crisis, Sunday Vanguard understood that four persons, including a man, who had accompanied his wife to buy yam in the market were killed.

Also, no fewer than 20 houses were razed by irate youths of both communities.

Kwara State Police Command interrogated the Odo-Owa and Iloffa monarchs twice penultimate week over the communal clash. Also, the state government imposed curfew on the two communities to restore peace in the area while the police claimed they had arrested one person who could lead to the arrest of others behind the disturbance. The police had requested from the monarchs the cause of the hostilities and cautioned them after their release to return to their communities and ensure peace.

The state commissioner of police, Ado, had visited the warring communities, penultimate weekend, to assess the extent of damage.

The two monarchs, Oba Joshua Oloruntoba, the Adimula of Odo-Owa, and Oba Samuel Niyi Dada of Ilofa, had allegedly fled their palaces following gun battle between the youths of the feuding communities from the morning of the day of mayhem till the afternoon when soldiers were drafted to quell the trouble. Soldiers from Sobi Barracks Ilorin were still keeping vigil at the warring communities at press time.

Iloffa was said to have had the highest number of damaged properties while two buildings were torched in Odo-Owa. Sunday Vanguard also learnt that most of those who died were natives of Odo-Owa.

The senator representing Kwara South, Rafiu Ibrahim, commiserated with the victims of the communal clash and urged the warring communities to embrace dialogue on contentious issues. Meanwhile, the state government has suspended all activities related to yam festival in the Oke Ero area. It also raised a judicial commission of inquiry to probe the disturbance. A statement by the Secretary to State Government Alhaji Isiaka Sola Gold quoted Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed as saying he will bring the full weight of the law to bear on any individual who may have been part of the communal crisis.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Nigerian Medical Association     Ijagbo     Olupako     Tuesday Assayomo     Kwara NIPR     Shururat Olatinwo     Oniye     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Gamji Members Association     Amuda Bembe     Igbaja     Ibrahim Bio     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Babatunde Idiagbon     Gambari     Omupo     Logun     Abdulwahab Ololele     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Orisa Bridge     Ile Arugbo     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Adesoye     Ademola Kiyesola     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Monkey Pox     AGILE Programme     Offa Poly     Voices Of Tomorrow     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Ganmo     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Oluranti Idowu     Nnazua     Ndama Al-hassan     Tsaragi-Share     Galadima     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Olabanji Orilonishe     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Medview Airlines     Charles Ibitoye     Tosin Saraki     Niyi Osundare     IESA     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Aliyu Umar     Ahmed     Toyosi Thomas     Seun Bolaji     Kolade Solagberu     Suleman Abubakar     Government House     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Cornelius Adebayo     Ayekale     Madawaki     Kayode Zubair     Elewu     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Jumoke Gafar     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Adedipe     Share-Tsaragi     Bolaji Nagode     School Of Nursing     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Naira Redesign    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Mike Omotosho     Alabi Lawal     Modibbo Kawu     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Najim Yaasin     Sherif Sagaya     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Abdulkareem Alabi     Olusegun Adeniyi     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Yahaya Muhammad     Kale Kawu     TESCOM 2025     Durbar Festival     Bukola Saraki     Ado Ibrahim     Seni Saraki     Saba Jibril     Moses Salami     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Demola Banu     Danhawa     Tsado Manman     Oko-Erin     Olokoba     Lateef Alagbonsi     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     NFAI     Yakub Lai Gobir     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Eleyele     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Olawuyi     Alapansapa     Sadiq Umar     Ibrahim Akaje     Adeola Abraham     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Arandun     Albert Ogunsola     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Mumeen Lah     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Dogara     Amina El-Imam     Afonja     LAK Jimoh     Garba Ado Sanni     Fareedah Dankaka     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Kazeem Adekanye     Umar Danladi Shero     CCT     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Ethical College     SSUCOEN     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Tuesday Assayomo     Kunle Okeowo     Radio SBS     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Binta Sulyman     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Kishira     GANZY     Kwara Central     CKNG     Aiyedun     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Oluwole Dupe     Oluronke Adeyemi     Ile Arugbo     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Curfew     Elerinjare