The Ilobu community in Osun State has opted out of a Conflict Resolution Committee recently established by Governor Ademola Adeleke to work towards amicable resolution of issues leading to clashes among communities in Irepodun and Orolu Local Government Areas of the state.
The community made its decision to withdraw from the committee known in a letter addressed to the governor on behalf of Olobu of Ilobu, Oba Ashiru Olaniyan, signed by counsel for the town, Olatoye Aminu, on Friday.
The state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Kolapo Alimi, had in a statement on Wednesday, said Adeleke had approved a 14-member Conflict Resolution Committee in relation to the Ifon-Ilobu communal clashes.
Alimi said the committee was put in place after a high-powered security meeting with all the stakeholders from Ilobu, Ifon, and Erin communities whom the governor met in their respective communities.
The Community Peace Resolution Committee consists of four persons each from Ilobu, Ifon and Erin-Osun communities, while two representatives were also chosen from Okanla.
But the Ilobu community in its letter to Adeleke based its decision to withdraw from the committee on the opportunity given to Okanla to be represented in the group, declaring that Okanla family could not be given a community status like Ilobu, Ifon-Osun and Erin-Osun.
The community alleged that the two slots given to Okanla on the committee were to be filled by an Ifon-Osun person and a man from Oyo State, who has never at any time lived or associated with Okanla family compound.
