Heavy shooting in Osun communal clash

Heavy shootings reportedly took place between Ilobu and Ifon communities of Osun State, South-West Nigeria, over a communal land.

“I am moving my family out of the area affected by the communal clashes. My family are moving out, but I will stay back to observe the situation of things,” says a resident, Tajudeen Oyasope.

“We could not sleep; We were hearing heavy gunshots.”

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“To avoid being caught in the fight, I have decided to move my family out,” he said in a report monitored by TheCornet.

The authorities have drafted soldiers to the troubled towns to maintain law and order.

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