Osun State Government has appealed to all aggrieved parties and indigenes of the Igbaye Community, to embrace and promote peace above personal interests.
The appeal followed the civil unrest witnessed in Igbaye, Odo-Otin Central Local Government Area, on Sunday over chieftaincy issues.
In a statement signed by Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, the state government said the situation had been brought under control and security operatives had moved into the community to ensure and maintain peace.
According to the statement, chieftaincy tussles are not strange in traditional societies, but Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, since the beginning of his administration, has proved that there is no royal tussle too intense to be resolved by peaceful negotiations.
The government in the statement implores residents and citizens to channel their grievances to appropriate authorities and resist the temptation of taking law into their own hands.
It notes that it is better to dialogue on issues causing controversies in the town than to war over it.
Abiodun Adeoye
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