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Published 8 May 2021
A policeman, Corporal Akinsanya Akingbade, was on Friday shot dead, as residents of Ile Ogbo and Iwo, in Osun State, clashed over boundary.
According to an eyewitness, the clashes occurred around Oke Saaji area along Iwo/Ile Ogbo Road, when some youths mounted a roadblock on the road.
The death of late Akingbade, attached to Olu of Ile Ogbo, Oba Abeeb Agbaje, reportedly occurred when he was reportedly shot by a local guard also working with the monarch.
Some people were also said to have sustained injuries during the clash which lasted some hours before police operatives deployed to the area could restore normalcy.
Policeman killed as Iwo, Ile-Ogbo clash over land
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A police corporal, attached to the Olu of Ile-Ogbo, Akinsanya Akingbade was reported killed following a communal clash between Iwo and Ile -Oogbo over disputed land.
It was gathered that the policeman was killed by a palace guard, Waheed Adeleye with a locally made gun at the Oba Habeeb Agbaje’s palace on Friday afternoon.
It was gathered that the two communities were at loggerhead over land located at Oke-Saji along Iwo-Ile-Oogbo road on Friday.
Sources revealed that while Ile-Ogbo resident was attempting to repelled thugs from Iwo, who were said to be attempting to invade the town, the guard mistakenly shot the policeman on the chest.
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