COMMUNAL CLASH: ONDO GOVERNMENT IMPOSE 24-HOUR CURFEW IN PARTS OF THE STATE
Following a communal clash that erupted in Ikare-Akoko, the Ondo State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Ikare-Akoko, the headquarters of the Akoko North East Local Government Area of the state.
This followed the escalated violent clash in the town which has continued unabated, despite the meeting held by Government and the Olukare of Ikare, Oba Akadiri Momoh and Owa Ale of Iyometa, Oba Adeleke Adegbite to rein-in their subjects.
The communal clash erupted on Tuesday,January 3, 2023, in the town Following a crisis between two rival youth groups, during a carnival in the town, which gunshots were subsequently reported.
Information available indicates that the clash in which many were injured, may not be unconnected with the power tussle between the Olukare of Ikare, Oba Akadiri Momoh and the head of a quarter in the community, the Olokoja of Okoja, Chief Idowu Ogunye.
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