Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved a 24-hour extension of the curfew imposed on 10 local government areas bordering the Old Oyo National Park.
The extension was announced by the Secretary to the State Government, Musibau Babatunde, in a memo issued on Thursday, according to a statement by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju.
The state government had earlier announced a curfew from 4pm to 8am in the 10 local government areas on June 23, 2026.
According to the statement, with the extension, the curfew, which was initially scheduled to last 48 hours, will remain in force until Saturday, June 27, 2026.
The affected local government areas are “Oriire (headquarters: Ikoyi-Ile); Orelope (headquarters: Igboho); Irepo (headquarters: Kisi); Saki West (headquarters: Saki); Saki East (headquarters: Ago-Amodu); Atisbo (headquarters: Tede/Ago-Are); Itesiwaju (headquarters: Otu); Iseyin (headquarters: Iseyin); Olorunsogo (headquarters: Igbeti); and Atiba (headquarters: Offa-Meta, Oyo).”
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