Six persons were feared dead on Tuesday in a renewed clash between loyalists of Olu of Igbokoda in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Afolabi Odidiomo, and family of the late Titi Olalebi.
The late Olalebi was gruesomely murdered two years ago by people alleged to be loyalists of Oba Odidiomo.
The monarch and 10 others are currently standing trial over death of the deceased.
Counsel to Olalebi’s family, Koboju Atima, said the renewed clash started at 11am, Tuesday, when some thugs invaded the house of one Tale Iwatan at Temitan community on allegation that Iwatan was a cousin to the late Olalebi.
Atima accused Oba Odidiomo of master minding the violence.
He said the hoodlums arrived at Iwatan’s family house with guns and other dangerous weapons, shooting sporadically and consequently set two houses belonging to the Iwatan family ablaze, when they could not abduct him.
Atima further alleged that two vehicles belonging to Iwatan family members were burnt by the hoodlums.
The cause of trouble, according to the lawyer, was the resistance of Tale Iwatan to allow Oba Odidimo to forcefully take over a piece of land in the town.
The counsel said the attack was the second of its kind in the last six months.
However, Oba Afolabi Odidiomo denied sponsoring the attack as alleged by the Iwatan’s family, saying the crisis erupted as a result of the abduction of one of his errand boys.
He said: “I am a man of peace. How can I mastermind violence in my domain? What actually happened was that I sent one of my boys on an errand and when we couldn’t find him. We reported the case to the police. His corpse was later found somewhere in the town.
“The search party later went with the police to recover the corpse, but in the process, the unexpected happened, when some thugs suddenly opened fire on them, killing six people on the spot.”
The monarch added that several people sustained various degrees of injuries in the attack.
The state police command spokesman, Wole Ogodo, promised to give details of the incident as soon as investigation on the matter is completed.
Meanwhile, a team of Anti-riot policemen from Ondo Area Command has been deployed to the town to maintain law and order.
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