Ilesa Killings: Adeleke Directs Security Agencies To Launch Special Operations

• Kazeem Badmus

The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, on Wednesday, directed security agencies to launch special operations to arrest and prosecute cultists engaging in rivalry war across Ijesaland.

OSUN DEFENDER had reported that there were series of cult clashes between rival gangs with scores killed.

Reacting to the recent spate of violence and attack, Adeleke in a statement by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, described the development as “shocking and reprehensible”, calling on the police service and other security agencies to act decisively to stop the cult clashes.

He lamented the loss of lives of innocent residents, directing that the special operations should include intelligence gathering to arrest masterminds of the attacks, warning that “all perpetrators will face harsh reality of the law.

The statement reads, “I have been duly briefed on the developments in some parts of Ijeshaland. We will no longer tolerate actions capable of disrupting the peaceful atmosphere in the state. We will not allow any group or individuals to use their internal wars to endanger public peace.

“This is a matter that threatens law and order. We must enforce the law and ensure peace without delay. This is one violence too many.

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” I have directed the Commissioner of Police and other service chiefs to swing into action without delay. Violence and attacks must stop and perpetrators must be brought to book as urgently as possible.”