Ondo State Governor, Hon. Fortunate Aiyedatiwa has introduced a dawn-to-dusk curfew in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Native Authorities space following the continued violent cult clashes within the city.
Pandemonium broke out on Monday within the city because of a shootout by suspected members of two rival cult gangs which led to the dying of about 4 individuals within the historic city.
The incident, in line with supply, started on Sunday, and it continued until the early hours of Monday.
A 52-year-old man, Fisayo Oladipupo, a former youth chief of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and outstanding member of the social gathering within the native authorities was shot by unknown assailants.
Other than Oladipupo, LEADERSHIP gathered three different individuals, together with a mom and her baby who have been passersby have been additionally killed by a stray bullet in a reprisal that adopted the assault.
Nevertheless, in a press release issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, Governor Aiyedatiwa ordered all residents of the traditional city to stay indoors in the course of the curfew.
Based on him, “Because of the ongoing violent cult clashes and safety disturbances in Owo which have led to lack of lives, the Governor of Ondo State, Hon Fortunate Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has ordered a dawn-to-dusk curfew within the city, until additional discover.
“All residents are required to stay indoors in the course of the curfew. Solely important providers, resembling hospitals, emergency providers, and legislation enforcement, might be exempted from the curfew.”
The Governor additionally requested safety companies within the state to implement the curfew, guarantee security of lives and properties.
He additional ordered safety brokers to apprehend the perpetrators of the violence and restore peace to the neighborhood.
