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January 18, 2017

CURFEW IN EKITI TOWN: Peace of the graveyard descends on community

CURFEW IN EKITI TOWN: Peace of the graveyard descends on community

Fayose

By Rotimi Ojomoyela

Ado-Ekiti— Semblance of peace has finally returned to Awo-Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area, following the imposition of dusk-to- dawn curfew on the community by Governor Ayodele Fayose, to douse the raging tension over obaship tussle.

Speaking with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, the Police Public Relation Officer, Ekiti State Command, Mr Alberto Adeyemi disclosed that about 70 of its personnel, made up of mobile and regular policemen, were drafted into the agrarian community to enforce peace and order.

Heavily armed policemen where stationed at every strategic positions and identified trouble spots within the community and the mosque where the monarch, Oba Azeez Olaleye Aladejuyigbe is taking refuge was surrounded by stern looking policemen.