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Erin-Osun Community Calls For Release Of Report Of Ifon/Ilobu/Erin-Osun Boundary Resolution Committee

ByMichael Bamigbola

PublishedFebruary 6, 2026

Seeks Lasting Solution To Communal Dispute

THE Erin-Osun community in Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State have called on the state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke to ensure that the report of the Ifon/Ilobu/Erin-Osun boundary resolution committee is released without further delay.

This is even as the community called for lasting resolution to the communal clash among the three neighbouring communities of Ifon, Ilobu and Erin-Osun in Irepodun and Orolu Local Government Areas of the state.

Governor Adeleke had on 25th January 2025 set up a boundary resolution committee to proffer lasting solution to the age long boundary dispute among Ifon, Ilobu and Erin-Osun communities.

No fewer that 10 persons reportedly lost their loves during the boundary dispute, while scores of people sustained injuries and property worth millions of naira vandalized.

The situation prompted the state government to impose 24 hours curfew in the three towns, just as military personnel were drafted to the towns to prevent further breakdown of law and order.

But, a year after the composition of the committee the state government has not released the report of the committee which comprised of traditional rulers from across the state, community leaders from the warring communities and members of the Civil Society Organizations.

Although, it was learnt that the committee had submitted its report, it was not clear why the state government has not made public the report of the committee.

But, the National President of Erin-Osun Progressive Union (EPU), Chief Kayode Gbadebo Olawale while speaking at the swearing in of the newly elected executive members of the union appealed to Governor Adeleke to release the report of the committee for the good of the community and the state at large.

This, he said will ensure lasting solution to the boundary disputes among the three communities.

“The step taken by the state government was laudable but further delay could be dangerous. We want permanent resolution to the crisis in order to have lasting peace and not that of the graveyard,” he said.

He also lamented the poor state of roads in the community and urged the state government to assist with the rehabilitation of the roads which has made transportation difficult in the town.

“I also want to state categorically that Erin-Osun is not subservient to the other communities within the local government. The government and the political party in power should therefore check the lopsidedness and imbalances in the political set up as well as appointment into positions within Irepodun Local Government Area,” he said.