The Osun State Police Command on Sunday, appealed to the residents of Ilobu and Ifon in Irepodun and Orolu local government areas to remain calm and refrain from taking laws into their hands following the death of a 28-year-old man, Sodiq Alamu.
The command said it immediately commenced an investigation to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of the young man.
It was reported that Alamu was killed along Opapa village in Ilobu on Saturday, September 16, 2023.
Alamu hailed from the Aganna compound in Ilobu, Irepodun local government area of Osun State.
The command in a statement issued by its Spokesperson, SP Opalola Yemisi Olawoyin on Sunday, said it was aware of the death of Alamu.
The statement also added that the command is aware of clandestine meetings being held by some individuals/groups of people to cause mayhem within the communities.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Patrick Kehinde Longer since the report of the incident has been having meetings with Olobu of Ilobu, Oba Ashiru Olaniyan, and other relevant stakeholders to appeal to their subjects to remain peaceful and not to take the law into their hands as the Police Command will not relent until the circumstances are unraveled and suspect (s) are brought to book,” the statement reads.
PPRESS RELEASE
OSUN STATE POLICE COMMAND APPEALS RESIDENTS OF ILOBU, IFON TO REMAIN CALM
….As the Police Command wades into the circumstances that led to the death of one Sodiq Alamu along Opapa village in Ilobu.The Osun State Police Command is using this medium to inform
— OSUN STATE POLICE COMMAND (@Osun_PoliceNG) September 17, 2023
Residents from the two communities of Ilobu and Ifon-Osun towns, in Irepodun and Orolu LGAs, have been at loggerheads over ownership of a land located at Opapa village, on the boundary between the two communities.
The communities are currently in court over the issue.
In an earlier by the Ilobu Asake Development Union, IDU, the group had accused the Eesa of Ifon-Osun, Babatunde Oyetunji, and Prince Jide Akinyooye, of having a hand in Alamu’s killing.
This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday and signed by the Spokesman of the union, Tairu Babatunde.
IDU thereafter called on the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke to rise to the occasion to avert a breakdown of law and order.
