Some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums, yesterday, invaded Ilejemeje Local Council Secretariat in Ẹda-Oniyọ, Ekiti State, causing panic and chaos among workers. The attackers, armed with dangerous weapons, were said to have disrupted normal activities and forced workers to flee the premises for safety.
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This happened a few days after some Yoruba Nation agitators invaded the Oyo State Government Secretariat. The hoodlums, who were said to have come from the Obbo-Ayegunle community in the neighbouring Kwara State, violently stormed the secretariat firing several gunshots, forcing the workers to flee but in the ensuing pandemonium, one of them got injured.

The hoodlums were said to have vandalised the secretariat building and other property of the council. The Guardian reliably gathered that the two communities had been embroiled in a crisis over land dispute.

Meanwhile, during the attack, which lasted for several hours, one person was said to have sustained serious injury and was rushed to the State Specialist Hospital in Iye-Ekiti for urgent medical attention.

The Eleda of Eda Oniyo community, Oba Awodipo Awolola, who spoke on the attack, said that the hoodlums had a few days ago attacked some residents of the community with charms in their farmlands. He said the development resulted in panic and tension in the community.

The traditional ruler, who lamented the absence of police posts in the community, said there is a need to mobilise more security personnel to the community to prevent further breakdown of law and order.

Similarly, the Chairman of Ilejemaje council, Alaba Dada, said the suspected hoodlums were from the Obbo-Ayegunle community in Kwara State. He attributed the attack to the lingering land dispute between the two communities, saying that security personnel had been mobilised to the town to prevent reprisal.

Dada added that there is a need for Ekiti and Kwara state governments to meet to settle the land dispute in the interest of peace and harmonious relationship.
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