The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has declared fasting and prayers for three days to restore peace and harmony to Ile-Ife.
Oba Ogunwusi made the declaration through his Deputy, Idowu Adediwura, the Obalufe of Ife kingdom, on Sunday in Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Mr. Adediwura said that the monarch, who travelled to London on Saturday, sent him to deliver the message.
According to him, the fasting and prayers will hold from March 13 to Wednesday, March 15.
The Ooni, who said he believed that “with God, all things are possible”, noted that “one tree cannot make a forest” and urged his subjects to eschew violence.
He also appealed to all indigenes and non-indigenes in Ile-Ife to cooperate with him to restore peace to the land.
“Ife is the cradle of Yoruba, Niger Deltans, Urobos and other tribes that live in Ile-Ife and in the diaspora; we are all Nigerians and should not forget our origin,” Mr. Adediwura quoted the Ooni as saying.
At least five people are believed to have died and scores injured in clashes largely between Yorubas and Hausas in a part of Ile-Ife.
Properties worth millions of Naira were also damaged during the violence while more security operatives were deployed to the area.

Eazybay:
Am I first to comment

Neoguru3:
Technically, yes

CROWNWEALTH019:
Descendants of afonja, instead to stand on your ground and defend your land


that corrupt king of ife should close his smelling mouth

CROWNWEALTH019:
Descendants of afonja, instead to stand on your ground and defend your land


that corrupt king of ife should close his smelling mouth

Neoguru3:
The man don escape go london

Jabioro:
If you have nothing better to type just Waka pass the thread.. is it a must to comment, I make nonsense of yourself?

eshietIntrepid:


To return after the fasting or when normalcy has return. These are the calibre of leaders we have in this country London i s now their safe heaven.

CROWNWEALTH019:
Descendants of afonja, instead to stand on your ground and defend your land


that corrupt king of ife should close his smelling mouth

omofunaab:
Igbos like looking for trouble. you want people to come here and boast of killings

I don't know how you guys combine hate with victim mentality

obaaderemi:
They are just so petty and shameless.Most of them here anyway.

Neoguru3:
Give me a break, when you afonjas were taunting about nimbo attack, erosion et al, you did know?

obaaderemi:
In enugu the ibos were killed on their fatherland and some ibo villages emptied in fear.In ife the hausas were killed and they are the ones running away.our own gov did not cry on camera like ur weakling and fool of a gov.yoUR gov even went to abuja to shake buhari's hand for the cameras and say 'well done,sir'(in falz's voice)so how will people not make fun of you.

DonLo:
We like misleading people with our headlines. Ooni of Ife jittery? Of what?
This is a king that's so peace loving that tried protecting the Hausa's considering that they are minority in Ife with their location, Sabo a central one. Had our security personnel been effective, over 400 of Hausas that were killed wouldn't have been. I heard him on channels insisting all those involved must be arrested irrespective of tribe and of today, the transport worker whose reprisal attack led to the fight and 6 other persons have been arrested.
We are mostly religious hence, the fasting advice and I won't be surprise if he hold a peace festival on his return considering him a traditionalist.
So you think an ethnic/communal fight that resulted in the death of over 400 people with the root cause just being a common slap without a spiritual undertone abi? Despite my core belief in cause and effect, some effect are so disproportional, so, a force must be backing it.
So if he had a prior appointment in London he should not go abi. Thank God he was in Ife when it happened, if not, some people would have called for his head. Accusing him of wake waka around while the ancient city burns.
Some people just like thinking the oonirisa is just like their village king whose petty lifestyle is depicted in most Nollywood film. Or like their Governor without physical strategy at combating a problem other than wailing, praying and fasting. Even Fayose that we all considered stupid took a wise approach to end the menace. Nonsense.

Neoguru3:
Hahaha, since when do aboki.s start renting houses, was it not afonjas I saw lifeless on the ground under their rusted brown roofs.

obaaderemi:
That was your wish but u got dissappointed again.All the reports showed the northerners were at the receiving end but your hatred has made u mad.continue making a fool of urself.we are not happy about what happened but well,it happened.everyone saw the reports on channelstv but then,u are what u are.

Neoguru3:
Abeg who get channels tv, no be afonja? What do you expect them to report? Seeing is believing, I saw afonja dead bodies