Following days of destructive clashes, the warring communities of Ifon and Ilobu have signed a peace agreement with the Osun State government to sheath their swords with immediate effect.
The State Commissioner for Information, Kolapo Alimi on Saturday said the agreement was reached during a stakeholders meeting held Friday night between the state government and the leaders of the two warring communities.
He noted that while welcoming the development as a good omen towards a near lasting peace in the two communities, the Osun State government reaffirmed its earlier stand that the 24 hour curfew put in place subsists.
For the past few days, the two communities had been embroiled in a communal conflict that had led to the wanton destruction of lives and properties, which informed the decision and subsequent directive by the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke to impose a 24 hour curfew in the two communities.
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