OSOGBO, Nigeria — 15 September 2026: Police in Osun State have recovered a second body from Mayfair Motor Park in Ile-Ife, raising the confirmed death toll connected to Sunday’s violence at the facility to two. The command said the unidentified body was recovered when officers moved to keep the park closed under a state directive. The update came as Olalekan Oyeyemi, the Accord Party figure popularly known as Emir Ajagungbade, was buried in Osogbo.
What is the latest update on the Ile-Ife motor park violence?
Osun police say a second body was recovered from Mayfair Motor Park and taken to a morgue. The investigation has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department. Police have not identified the second deceased person, announced arrests or publicly established who caused either death.
Police transfer the case to State CID
Osun police spokesperson Abiodun Ojelabi said officers recovered the body while enforcing the shutdown of Mayfair Motor Park. Premium Times reported that the remains were deposited at a morgue and the case transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.
The police had not publicly named the second deceased person or explained the circumstances of the death by the reporting cutoff. That gap is important. The recovery increases the known toll associated with the scene, but it does not establish that both people died in the same way or identify who was responsible.
Ojelabi also urged people whose names are being mentioned in connection with the violence to report to the nearest police station rather than argue their cases on social media. He said the commissioner of police had promised that anyone found involved would face the law regardless of status.
No arrest was announced in the latest police update. Online accusations, nicknames and claims about rival factions therefore remain allegations unless investigators or a court formally connect named people to the violence.
Ajagungbade buried in Osogbo
Ajagungbade’s remains were buried at his newly completed residence in the Agunbelewo area of Osogbo, according to PUNCH’s account of the burial and police update. The outlet said traditional rites were conducted with close relatives and priests present.
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Ile-Ife Park Violence: Police Find Second Body in Osun
Sep 15, 2026
Sep 15, 2026
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OSOGBO, Nigeria — 15 September 2026: Police in Osun State have recovered a second body from Mayfair Motor Park in Ile-Ife, raising the confirmed death toll connected to Sunday’s violence at the facility to two. The command said the unidentified body was recovered when officers moved to keep the park closed under a state directive. The update came as Olalekan Oyeyemi, the Accord Party figure popularly known as Emir Ajagungbade, was buried in Osogbo.
What is the latest update on the Ile-Ife motor park violence?
Osun police say a second body was recovered from Mayfair Motor Park and taken to a morgue. The investigation has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department. Police have not identified the second deceased person, announced arrests or publicly established who caused either death.
Police transfer the case to State CID
Osun police spokesperson Abiodun Ojelabi said officers recovered the body while enforcing the shutdown of Mayfair Motor Park. Premium Times reported that the remains were deposited at a morgue and the case transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.
The police had not publicly named the second deceased person or explained the circumstances of the death by the reporting cutoff. That gap is important. The recovery increases the known toll associated with the scene, but it does not establish that both people died in the same way or identify who was responsible.
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Ojelabi also urged people whose names are being mentioned in connection with the violence to report to the nearest police station rather than argue their cases on social media. He said the commissioner of police had promised that anyone found involved would face the law regardless of status.
No arrest was announced in the latest police update. Online accusations, nicknames and claims about rival factions therefore remain allegations unless investigators or a court formally connect named people to the violence.
Ajagungbade buried in Osogbo
Ajagungbade’s remains were buried at his newly completed residence in the Agunbelewo area of Osogbo, according to PUNCH’s account of the burial and police update. The outlet said traditional rites were conducted with close relatives and priests present.
Ajagungbade was killed on Sunday during violence at Mayfair Motor Park. He was a chieftain of the Accord Party and was widely known by the nickname Emir. Early reports associated the confrontation with a dispute over transport-union leadership and control of the park, but the precise sequence of events and the identity of the person who fired the fatal shot have not been established publicly.
A graphic video circulated after the attack.
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The fresh developments extend XTRAfrica’s initial verified account of Governor Ademola Adeleke’s response. That report explained the order to arrest those responsible, clear rival groups from motor parks and create a new park-management system. The second death and completed burial are material updates to that developing story.
What the state ordered after the killing
In an official statement published by the Osun State Government, Adeleke directed the police commissioner to identify and arrest everyone involved in Ajagungbade’s killing. He also ordered the immediate removal of warring groups from motor parks and said an executive order would establish a Park Management System.
The government described the original killing as allegedly arising from a park leadership tussle. That phrasing is not a final investigative finding. The executive directive sets enforcement and administrative priorities; it does not decide guilt or prove claims made by competing transport groups.
Police now say the Mayfair park is not operating.
A second independent report likewise quotes Ojelabi on the body’s recovery, the morgue transfer and State CID referral. The agreement across those accounts supports the core update while leaving the victim’s identity and cause of death unresolved.
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The case also adds urgency to questions about how Osun regulates transport hubs. XTRAfrica has separately covered an alleged attack involving singer B-Red in Osogbo and a police probe after Peter Obi’s convoy was blocked in Benue. Those incidents are not evidence about Mayfair; they illustrate why each security claim must be tied to its own official record.
What investigators still need to establish
The State CID must identify the second deceased person, determine when and how that person died, reconstruct the violence and assess evidence against any suspect. Police also need to say whether the two deaths are part of one sequence of events or separate incidents at the same location.
The status of Adeleke’s planned executive order is another verifiable next step.
The state announced its intention to reintroduce a Park Management System, but the detailed legal instrument, leadership structure and implementation rules were not available in the sources reviewed by the cutoff.
For now, the confirmed record is narrow: two bodies have been connected to the Mayfair Motor Park scene, Ajagungbade has been buried, the park is closed and the State CID is leading the investigation. Responsibility remains unproven.
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