The renewed clash between Ilobu, a community in Irepodun Local Government, and Ifon in Orolu Local Government of Osun State has escalated to the loss of properties.

Houses were burnt and some residents in the two warring communities left their houses at midnight when the situation became unstable.

The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Yemisi Opalola, on Thursday, said the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), in one of the two communities has been shot while other four policemen are receiving treatment in the hospital as a result of gun injuries.

According to Opalola, policemen deployed to maintain law and order were ambushed and many were injured in the process.

She said, “They have burnt a police vehicle. The new vehicles they bought for our monitoring section. Four policemen are in hospital now. The DPO is still at the hospital. He was shot in the hand.

“They ambushed policemen where we went to restore peace,” Opalola said.

But, the Secretary of Ifon-Orolu Progressive Union Board of Trustees, Prince Jide Akinyooye, said the gazette that ceded parts of the land belonging to Ifon to Ilobu during Rauf Aregbesola’s regime has been causing crisis.

“We are in danger. We have tried to avoid a reprisal but the refusal of the police to act may lead to another thing,” Akinyooye said.(Daily Sun: Text, Excluding Headline)