Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has relaxed the 24-hour curfew declared in Irepodun and Orolu councils of the state following the communal crisis that broke out between Erin-Osun and Ilobu towns.
The reviewed curfew regime, which takes immediate effect, will now be from 6 pm to 6 am daily, and will subsist until further notice, according to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ismail Omipidan, titled ‘Erin-Osun/Ilobu crisis: Oyetola relaxes 24-hr curfew’.
Omipidan stated that the review became necessary following the peace meeting held between the Governor and monarchs of the affected towns and another meeting between the monarchs and the State Commissioner for Police, wherein the traditional rulers agreed to a peace accord.
