Osun imposes curfew on warring communities

Osun State Government on Tuesday imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on Oba Oke and Oba  Ile communities in Olorunda Local Government Area of the state following the bloody clash between indigenes  of the two neighbouring communities on Sunday evening.The announcement was made via the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation in Osogbo on Tuesday and was signed by the Secretary to the Osun State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti.The curfew is expected to be from 6pm to 6am every day.The state government urged residents of the state to cooperate with security agents and warned that anybody, who contravened the order, would be dealt with accordingly.Sources in the two communities told The PUNCH that policemen and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in the state were deployed in strategic locations in the communities to ensure that the crisis was not renewed.The Public Relations Officer of the Osun State Command of NSCDC, Mr. Ayo Olowe, also confirmed to our correspondent that peace had been restored to the communities.