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Councillor Killed In Ondo Communal Clash

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2 years ago

Dec 11, 2022.

A Councillor has been killed in Ondo communal clash.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Councillor and a local vigilante member have been killed by gunmen in a suspected reprisal attack in Ondo State.

It gathered that the gunmen reportedly attacked Koseru community, a farm settlement in Odigbo local government area of Ondo State on Saturday following the shooting of a woman in Kajola village, Okitipupa local government.

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According to The Nation, the gunmen suspected to be Ikale youths reportedly destroyed some farmlands.

At the time of filing this report, the councilor’s name had not yet been confirmed.

However, Special Adviser to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Security Matters and Commander of the Ondo Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said the corpses of the dead have been deposited in a mortuary.

Adeleye, who denied the killing of Amotekun operatives in the attack, said normalcy has been restored to the community.

He stated that a combined team of policemen, soldiers, and Amotekun Corps kept vigilance in the community.

According to him: “There has been an age-long crisis in Koseru between Oluku family of Ikale in Okitipupa and the Oyo/Osun farmers living in Odigbo local government.

“The Oyo/Osun are predominantly cash crop farmers. They have been fighting over ownership of the land.

The fresh crisis erupted when one of the women in Kajola was shot.

“We are suspecting a reprisal attack of some Ikale youths who mobilised themselves and launched attack on the unsuspecting Osun/Oyo farmers. There is a Councillor representing Oyo/Osun axis that was killed in the fracas.

“A vigilance member and not Amotekun was killed. Their corpses have been deposited at the hospital. Amotekun, Police and the Army maintain vigilance overnight to ensure peace returns. The attackers destroyed more of farmlands.”