Regarding the dispute between the Eda Oniyo in Ekiti State and neighbouring Obbo Ayegunle in Kwara State over land ownership, the Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said on Sunday that soldiers, police and Amotekun Corps operatives had moved in to curtail the crisis.
Olatunbosun said, “Available information indicated that the boundary dispute between Eda Oniyo Ekiti and Obbo Ayegunle in Kwara State escalated when armed men from Obbo Ayegunle attacked Eda Oniyo on Saturday.
“One person from the community (Eda Oniyo in Ilejemeje Local Government area) was reportedly killed in the fracas,” the commissioner said in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Sunday.
Olatunbosun also appealed to residents of Eda Oniyo to remain calm over the attack on the community, he said, “soldiers, police, and members of the Amotekun Corps had moved to the scene immediately to curtail the crisis”.
He added, “Additional troops had already moved to the area to protect the community while the Army formation in Kwara State has been contacted to deploy troops along Kwara side of the border to curtail further attack from both sides”.
The commissioner urged the people involved to be calm while security agencies took charge of the situation, he further assured that the perpetrators and their accomplices would be fished out and brought to justice.
He expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased and prayed for the quick recovery of those affected by the incident.