By James Ezena
CIVIL Liberties Organisation, CLO, Tuesday in Lagos blamed security agencies, particularly Nigeria Police, as well as Ogun State government, for what it described as lack of timely and effective management of recurring violent crisis that allegedly resulted in recent death of no fewer than four persons in Ado-Odo area of Ogun State.

It disclosed that from its finding, a total of 3, 717 primary and secondary schools children had been displaced so far following the closure of their schools.

The civil rights group urged all stakeholders in the area to “work toward achieving lasting peace, unity and development of the community.”

While briefing newsmen on the crisis in  Ado-Odo, its acting president, Mr Igho Akeregha said: “The CLO notes that the Ogun State government and its agencies have failed in their primary responsibility to protect lives and properties by not putting to play the required political will to rightly bring the situation under control.”

The body maintained that beyond imposition of 6pm to 6am curfew in the area, the government was yet to explore other ways to ensure the crisis did not escalate as “option of setting up an independent commission of enquiry to take views from all concerned groups on the best way to reconcile, re-settle, re-integrate and compensate the victims has not been fully exploited”.

A lady who identified herself as Akapo Temitope at the briefing,  narrated how she was detained by the police and later charged to Sango Ota Magisrate Court over alleged murder of three persons who were allegedly shot to death during the violence that erupted in the area.

The CLO said its interest in the community was borne out of circles of violence that had continued in Ado-Odo community till date.