Scores of people yesterday sustained various degrees of injury following a bloody clash that occurred in some parts of Akure metropolis between the youths of Akure and Isolo over traditional rites for the late Deji of Akure, Oba Adebiyi Adesida.
Eyewitness account indicated that trouble started at about 10a.m when some youths from Akure stormed Isolo community, ordering shop owners to close shop as part of the required rites for the departed Deji.
The directive was however countered by the regent of the community, Princess Busola Oluwatuyi and her chiefs that normal business activities should continue since Isolo was a different community .
The Akure youths were said to have attacked some shop owners, while shops were allegedly looted in the process.
It was gathered that the development became violent when youths from Isolo community resisted the move, claiming that Isolo was a distinct community that should not be affected by any burial rites for the Deji.
They were said to have engaged those from Akure which led to a free for all, during which an undisclosed number of youths were said to have been wounded.
Dangerous weapons such as cutlasses, axes, bottles were said to have been used freely by the youths.
Isolo is a community within the metropolis but has its own traditional ruler and customs different from that of Akure.
The Osolo of Isolo, Oba Kayode Oluwatuyi also died about two months ago, leaving the town with the regent on the throne.
It took the intervention of the men of the State Command of the Nigeria Police before the situation could be brought under control.
Reacting to the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Wole Ogodo, said the command had deployed its men to restore normalcy in the area.
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