No fewer than 14 persons have been arrested by the police in connection with a communal clash between the people of Araromi Obu and the Ikale people in the Odigbo local government area of Ondo State.
The clash was reportedly sparked by a land dispute between the two communities. The Ondo State High Court had in May this year ruled in favour of the Ikale residents, but the Araromi-obu community was said to have appealed the judgment.
Four persons reportedly lost their lives in the clash, while several others were injured and property worth millions of naira destroyed.
The police public relations officer ( PPRO) in Ondo, Femi Joseph, gave the identities of the suspects as Ikupokuyi Omosebi, 89; Igbekele Omosebi, 45; Olorunwa Omosebi, 29; Abiodun Akindola, 52; Omotayo Abiodun, 32; Babatunde Ifafo, 62 and Adeyelu Olusola, 37.
Others are Sola Akinrimusayo, 18; Oluwole Fadoju, 30; Johnson Akindolire, 48; Friday Oke, 18; Neri Adeyemi, 23; Sola Olarewaju, 22; and Macaulay Omoloye, 23.
“The matter is no more with us; the suspects have been charged and are already facing trial,” said Joseph told Cityfile on Thursday.
He, however, said that normalcy had returned to the two warring communities as policemen have been stationed in the towns to forestall the breakdown of law and order.
