Two people die in Oyo communal clash; police vehicle, Amotekun office burnt

At least two people dead in a communal clash between the residents of Ago-Are and Tede areas of Oyo State.

It was gathered that the clash started on Friday and went on till Sunday, SaharaReporters reports.

One of the residents in Tede, identified himself as Sola said that the clash had to do with a cow market that was relocated from Tede to Ago-Are.

The source said following the development, a police vehicle and the office of the Western Nigeria Security Network, also known as Amotekun, were set ablaze.

“As we speak, the communities are on fire. Two people were killed while an Amotekun office was set ablaze. Though it has nothing to do with Fulani, this is worrisome,” he said.

Meanwhile, the new Commissioner of Police in the state, Ngozi Onadeko, who led the Nigerian government delegation to Igangan, where the house of Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, was burnt on Friday, said normalcy would return to the affected communities.

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