Residents raise the alarm as crisis brews in Offa, Erin-Ile

Date: 2017-10-07

Some indigenes of Kwara State have raised the alarm over another impending communal crisis brewing between Offa and Erin-Ile, in the state.

The two neighbouring communities, had few years ago, engaged in protracted communal clash, which led to the loss of lives and properties valued at billions of naira.

Members of Offa Descendants Union on Friday engaged in a peaceful protest as they chanted songs and carried placards in Offa. Some of the placards read: Offa community is not a coward, we only love peace; Erin-Ile, Offa has never attacked you, stop attacking Offa; Offa says no to destruction of lives and property; Enough is enough, Erin-Ile stop destroying Offa property.'

The Secretary General of ODU, Home and in the Diaspora, Chief Wosilat Macarthy, during a media briefing in Offa alleged that some people from Erin-Ile had launched fresh attacks on the properties of Offa indigenes, especially those around Igosun axis on Unity Road.

She warned that the acts of the unidentified culprits, if not checked, could degenerate into breakdown of law and order in the area. She, however, noted that the matter had been reported to the police.

But the Vice-President, Erin-Ile Progressive Union, Alhaji Raji Jimoh, said the allegation against his people were untrue and unfounded.

He said nobody from his community attacked or destroyed any property belonging to Offa people, adding that his people had lived in peace and had avoided any breach of the law.

Meanwhile, the Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi, said the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lawan Ado, had ordered an investigation into the complaint.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Amusement Park     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Bareke     Roseline Oni Aremu     Vasolar     Bank Of Industry     Abdulwahab Ololele     CCB     Awili Pedro     Kassim Babamale     Afonja Descendants Union     Apado     Cornelius Fawenu     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Nigerian Correctional Service     Umar Ayinla Saro     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Taiwo Joseph     Roheemat Hammed     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Laolu Saraki     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Gamji Members Association     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Micheal Imoudu     Isau     Diagnostic Centre     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Bello Oyebanji     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Oluronke Adeyemi     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Baba Issa Awoye     Wahab Isa     General Hospital     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Kwara State Television     Ilesha-Baruba     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Moses Salami     Emir Of Shonga     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Bisi Kristien     Ali Ahmad     Azeez Salawu     Dairo Kunle Paul     Olatunji Bamgbola     MMWG     Peter Obi     Ganiyu Abolarin     Kale Belgore     Gbenga Olawepo     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     TESCOM 2025     Abraysports FC     Salihu Alhaji Musa     IESA     Logun     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Rashidi Yekini     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Javed Khan     Ndama Al-hassan     Col. Adedipe     Segun Adeniyi     New Naira Notes     2017 Budget     Bature Bello     Idi-Ape     Curfew     KWATMA     Kwara State Sports Commission     Ibrahim Abiodun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Bukola Saraki     Paul Olawoore     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Ojo Isekuse     Oluwole Dupe     Moses Rahman Popoola     Forgo Battery     Sabi     NTA Ilorin     General Hospital, Offa     Ahmed Alhasssan     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Moses Afolayan     MalHub     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Shagari     YAKOOYO     Sadiq Buhari     Okoolowo     Shehu Jimoh     KWASIEC     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Issa Manzuma     Ishola Abdullahi     John Olobayo     Kwara Polytechnic     Awili Pedro     Allocation     Oni Adebayo     SDP     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Quareeb     Fareedah Dankaka     Olusola Saraki     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Doyin Group     Musa Aibinu     Chief Imam Of Offa     Abatemi-Usman     Kayode Ibrahim     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Kamaldeen Gambari     MINILS     Rachael Obisesan     Suleman Abubakar     Olaitan Adefila     General Hospital     Mufutau Olatinwo     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Kwara Poly     Obuh     Taofeeq Olateju     Aminat Omodara     Chief Of Staff     Tayo Awodiji     Kamoru Kadiri     Kazeem Adekanye     Kwara State Sports Commission     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Yaman     ASKOMP     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     JAAC     Budo-Egba     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Yakubu Shaaba     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Bisi Kristien     Oya State     Dauda Adesola     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Olabode George Towoju     Fawenu     Ishola Balogun Fulani