Two persons sustained gun shot injury in Osun State on Saturday following a communal clash between Erin-Osun and Ilobu communities.
Both communities, located in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state , have been engaged in a land dispute.
Ait.live gathered that crisis broke out around Oke-Awesin area before it escalated to CAC area as some Ilobu residents attempted to resist ceding parts of their land to Erin-Osun.
As the news filtered into both neighbouring communities, youths were said to have mobilised themselves to the disputed area where two houses were said to have been vandalised.
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About five persons sustained gun shot and are being attended to at the Ilobu palace by local hunters.
Confirming the incident to ait.live, the state police command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, said two persons from Ilobu community, Azeez Adamu and Abdullah Tairu were shot in the legs during the crisis.
According to her, some Erin-Osun youths were dissatisfied over alleged ceding of parts of Ayedande said to be within their community to Ilobu during the enumeration and area demacation exercise.
She revealed that on getting to the disputed area, the police authorities met some group of people discovered exchanging gunfire
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