- Safiu Kehinde
n indigenes of the town over the demise of their monarch, Oba Adegboyega Famodun.
NPO Reported that Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Igbajo town following clash betweethe monarch passed away last week Friday at the age of 67 after a brief illness.
His death had however appeared to have sparked unrest across Igbajo town located at Boluwaduro Local Government Area of the state as clash ensued on Sunday night and lasted till the early hours of Monday.
While no casualty was reported, the Special Adviser to the Governor on security, Barr. Samuel Ojo, the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, accordingly announced a total lockdown of the town with the imposition of a 24 hour curfew.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Osun Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi.
According to the statement, the curfew is to take immediate effect until total peace is attained and the continued breach of law and order among the natives ceased.
The state governor Adeleke reportedly condemned the development with a declaration that his administration will always not be a party to any untoward civil disobedience capable of truncating the existing peace and harmony being currently experienced throughout Osun State.
Adeleke, as quoted in the statement, issued a stern warning to all the natives and non natives of the Igbajo community.
He charged them to continue to toe the path of peace and order as anyone found or caught in any act, openly or clandestinely, that has the tendency of further plunging the town into chaos would be dealt with in line with the dictates of the law.
“It is with deep shock and dismay that I received the sad news of the breakdown of law and order in Igbajo last night till the early hours of today.
“As a government that believes in the total compliance to the rule of engagement in ensuring peace and order at all times, my administration will not fold its arms to allow the breach of law and order anywhere in the state.
“Therefore, as the Chief Security Officer of Osun State, I hereby declare with immediate effect, a total lockdown of the town pending the return to orderliness and harmonious co-existence in the hitherto peaceful and orderly Igbajo town.
“With effect from today, Monday, 1/12/2025, a contingent of all security personnel, comprising the Army, Police, DSS and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence ( NSCDC), should take charge by keeping a 24 hour surveillance in Igbajo.
“Finally, I am once again, as I had earlier did following the announcement of the demise of Prince Adegboyega Famodun, commiserate with the family and the entire sons and daughters of Igbajo over the sad loss of a dear and illustrious son of the town, Prince Adeboyega Famodun’s status. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace” Adeleke was quoted to have said.