Osun state government reacts as Yoruba and Hausa youths clash in Osogbo

The city of Osogbo experienced serious tension earlier today, Saturday, 25th July 2020 as some Hausa and Yoruba youths clashed.

The clash happened at the Sabo area of Osogbo, Osun State Capital.

Onyxnews Nigeria gathered that spokesperson of the state Police Command, SP Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident.

She also confirmed that police men with arms were being deployed to the scene to for normalcy.

Osun state government debunked ethnic clash claim

The development brought Osun State Government to debunk the claims that there was an ethnic clash between Yoruba and Hausa in the state capital, Osogbo.

According to the state government, the state remains one of the most peaceful states in the country.

Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the Information and Civic Orientation Commissioner, Mrs Funke Egbemonde, said in a statement, that it became important to address the situation on social media, which claimed that there was an ethnic clash in Osogbo earlier today.

Egbemode said: “There was no such thing as an ethnic clash in Osogbo. The State of Osun remains one of the most peaceful states in the country.

“Yorubas and Hausas have been living peacefully as a family for a very long time in the state, and that has not changed. We remain, one family, in the spirit of national unity,” Egbemode stated.

Egbemode further said that there was an uproar that followed some market touts trying to extort traders in the market, but the situation was immediately calmed by security operatives in the area.

Egbemode continued: “The government is and will continue to prioritize security in the State. So, everyone can go about his normal duties because there is nothing to fear.

“The people of the State of Osun have never been intolerant of other ethnic groups, and so, peddlers of misinformation should desist from misleading the public and creating non-existent tension-inducing scenarios,” she added.