Four injured in Kwara communal clash

Date: 2017-11-14

About four persons yesterday sustained injuries in a clash between Osi and Etan communities in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State.

The injured are receiving treatment in the hospital.

Sources said the clash, which started on Saturday night, can be traced to an age-long dispute between the communities.

The rivalry was heightened by the citing of the Kwara South campus of the state-owned university in Osi.

Last night, the Osi major market was shut, following rumours that the communities were out for a fresh confrontation.

Osi is a border town to Odo-Owa, which recently clashed with another neighbour, Illofa, over rights to first sell the new yam at the common market, a development which led to the suspension of their monarchs.

"The whole thing started on Saturday, but we all know it is because of the state-owned university in Osi. Since then, there has been no love lost between the communities.

"On Saturday, an Osi lady hired a local artiste to perform at a function at Etan. Unfortunately, the people of Etan refused the artiste a chance, saying they had vowed not to allow anyone from Osi to perform in their village.

"That was how the confrontation started, and as I speak now, about four persons from Osi have been hospitalised because they sustained injuries.

"Everybody is jittery; the market has been closed abruptly. As a matter of fact, two people I spoke with just before you called said they were running from the market. The situation is unpredictable and so we need the government to step into the matter immediately," a source added.

Police spokesman Ajayi Okasanmi did not confirm the incident. He said he was yet to be briefed on the development.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Hijaab     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Shehu Adaramaja     Lanre Aremu     Kazeem Oladepo     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Tayo Alao     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Public Holiday     Transition Implementation Committee     Durbar     Azeez Salawu     Gurei     Dagbalodo     Sebastine Obasi     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     John Kehinde Salako     Issa Oloruntogun     Ahmed     Onilorin     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Ahmed Alhasssan     Usman Rifun     Inside Kwara     Prince Bola Ajibola     Zainab Abass     David Oyedepo     Kwara United     Odo-Owa     Ramadhan     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Owu Fall     Oja-Oba     Tunji Folami     Sunday Otokiti     Bola Sagaya     Nigerian Army     Muritala Olarewaju     Ganiyu Taofiq     Haliru Dantoro     Haliru Yahaya     Alagbado     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Shuaib Olarongbe     Dairo Kunle Paul     Alimi     Wahab Agbaje     Tunji Oyawoye     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Facebook     Bio Ibrahim     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Aminu Ado Bayero     Ajia-Bako     Lafiagi     Otuka     Egbejila     Ike Ekweremadu     Bilikis Oladimeji     Gbenga Awoyale     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Twitter     Mutawalle     Ibrahim Abiodun     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Bolaji Abdullahi     Sabo-Oke     Aliyu U. Tilde     Muhammed Abdullahi     Vasolar Consultoria     Moses Salami     Quarry Royal Valley     Kayode Laro     FERMA    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Toyin Falola     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Omotosho     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Okin High School     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Ndama Al-hassan     Durbar Festival     Kishira     Siraj Oyewale     National Pilot     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Olohungbebe     Alabere     Yunus Oniboki     Ghali Muhammed     Abioye Bello     Samari     Usman Rifun     Garba Idris Ajia     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Folorunsho Alao     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Crystal Corner Shops     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Abdulkareem Alabi     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Muritala Awodun     Abdullahi Biffo     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Rachael Obisesan     Makama     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Kannike     Alabe     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Oniwasi Agbaye     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Ridwan Agboola     Ilesha-Baruba     International Aviation College     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Sidikat Akaje     NULGE     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Ilorin Curfew     Saka Isau     Vasolar     Donatus Ejidike     Bola Shagaya     Lanre Aremu     Ronke Adeyemi     Awodun     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Olushola Saraki     Idofin     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Royal FM     Jide Oyinloye     Sunset Workers     Idowu Laro     Olaosebikan     Fareedah Dankaka     Jawondo     Code Of Conduct     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited