Breaking News – Ife And Modakeke Will Not Go To War!

Breaking News – Ife And Modakeke Will Not Go To War!, neither will the peaceful coexistence agenda of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi be truncated.

These declarations were made by the President of Ife Development Board (IDB), Mr Lawrence Awowoyin, while he spoke with journalists in Ile-Ife on Tuesday.

He therefore warned all those who were bent on seeing war between  the two communities to stop forthwith as they would not succeed.

 He admonished the people of Ile-Ife against against entertaining any fear, as steps were being taken to maintain peace in the town and its environs.

Awowoyin who said hoodlums were trying to disrupt the peaceful coexistence of the two towns, insisted that their effort would be in vain, even as he encouraged the leaders of the two communities not to allow the enemies succeed.

The IDB president said that a meeting of Ife and Modakeke elders had been slated for Wednesday in Osogbo to which the Commissioner of Police in the state had also been invited.

Awowoyin quoted the police as saying that it was hoodlums who were trying to disrupt the peaceful coexistence between the two towns.

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He warned those beating the drums of war within the two communities to desist, saying that such would not yield any result.