Ife/Modakeke: Indigenes Call For More Surveillance In Troubled Areas

• As Osun Govt Warns Against Violence

Following the killing of some farmers in villages under Ile-Ife and Modakeke in Osun State, indigenes of the two communities have appealed to the state government to beef up security in the troubled areas.

They also asked the government to work on the jurisdiction of the two towns and beef up security at the villages, known for notorious criminal acts.

Representatives of the two communities, including Baales, religious leaders, and farmers, made the appeal during a peace meeting with the state government on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Governor Ademola Adeleke, at the meeting, warned hoodlums tormenting the peace of the people of Ile Ife and Modakeke to stop henceforth or be ready to face the unpalatable consequences.

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Adeleke, who spoke through his deputy, Prince Kola Adewusi, expressed concern over killings that erupted in Yekemi, Kere, Toro, and other villages.

He called on the community leaders and farmers in the two communities not to shield crimes, as the present administration will not allow any form of sabotage that will hinder its efforts at ensuring peace and cohabitation between Ile Ife and Modakeke.

OSUN DEFENDER recalls that some farmers were in April killed in Toro, Aba Panu, and Wanisani villages under Ile-Ife.

However, the Public Relations Officer of the Osun Police Command, Mrs. Yemisi Opalola, while speaking with OSUN DEFENDER in its April 5, 2024 edition, disclosed that some criminals might be using the fading feud between the two communities to perpetrate crime.

“The police are working round the clock to arrest the perpetrators. However, those people may be outsiders who want to use the opportunity of the feud between Ife and Modakeke to commit crime.

“The CP has said those behind the crime would be declared as criminals. They are trying to turn the back of the two towns against each other. They know when the killings continue; the two towns will start accusing one another.”