The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Abubakar Idris has ordered probe of the communal clash which occurred recently between Yoruba and Hausa in Ile-Ife,
Osun State.
The IGP has appointed the Commissioner in charge of Military Police at the force headquarters Abuja, Hammed Bello to head the probe panel instituted by the police.
The probe panel, according to police source, is to look into both immediate and remote causes of the clash in the ancient town of Ile Ife and its finding will be submitted to the police authorities for appropriate action so as to prevent future occurrence of the incident.
Bello has consequently arrived Osun State on a fact-finding mission on the incident. The acting commissioner of Police in the state, Abubakar Koji conducted the panel team round the scene of the incident
The team is expected to visit leaders of both Yoruba and Hausa communities in Ile Ife is well pay visit on the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi in his palace as well as other stakeholders in the city.
The Command Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Folasade Odoro confirmed the arrival of Bello in the state. She said the visit was aimed at ensuring that the incident does not repeat itself and work out how peace shall reign between Yoruba and Hausas in the town in particular, the state and Nigeria in general.
Meanwhile detectives were still on the trail of the suspected culprits as 10 persons have been arrested and are assisting the Police in their investigation. As at the time of filing this report, relative peace had returned to the city even as there is fear by some Hausa of drifting out of the town as a result of the crisis.
The anti-riot policemen and other security operatives were fully on ground to sustain the relative peace in the city. The residents have continued to count their loss to the crisis. No fewer than two scores were killed and several others sustained injuries as well as properties worth several million of naira were lost in the clash.
More than forty houses and 80 motorcycles were set ablaze during the melee and five cars and two commercial buses also lost to the crisis
*Thisday Live*
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