Neighbouring communities of Ilobu and Erin-Osun in Osun State, on Monday, traded accusations over the renewed attacks and killings in their domains resulting from the protracted land disputes involving them and tIfon-Osun.
The National President of the Ilobu Asake Development Union (IADU), Olufemi Salako, via an open letter, called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in what he described as a sustained campaign of violence against Ilobuy by neighbouring Ifon-Osun and Erin-Osun communities that left many dead.
He traced a history of violent clashes that have led to deaths, displacement, and destruction of property.
Mr Salako accused Ifon-Osun and Erin-Osun of launching coordinated attacks aimed at erasing Ilobu from the map of Nigeria.
Similarly, in a statement issued in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Monday, the National President of Erin-Osun Progressive Union (EPU), Kayode Olawale, lamented that several homes in disputed border areas were burned down as vehicles…