The Osun State Police Command has appealed to indigenes of Ilobu and Ifon Orolu communities to remain calm and refrain from taking the law into their hands over the killing of one Sodiq Alamu
It was gathered that an admission seeker was killed Sunday, September 17, by gunmen in Okanla, Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State.
The armed men stormed the palace of Olokanla of Okanla early in the morning, killed the admission seeker identified as Ibrahim Qudus, then set the building ablaze.
For a while now, there has been a communal crisis between Ifon and Ilobu communities, resulting from land dispute. This crisis culminated in the attack on Sunday.
Narrating how the incident happened, Prince Jimoh Qadri, the victim’s uncle, who claimed he was the target of the assassination, said some armed men invaded his house in Okanla area on Sunday morning, shooting sporadically.
