Ogun monarch beaten to coma
PANDEMONIUM broke out in Ilara in Imeko-Afon local council of Ogun State when a Village head of Alagbe, a border town in the area, Chief Joseph Ogunrinde was beaten to coma and his official car was destroyed .
The incident which happened yesterday at the palace of the Oloola of Ilara, Oba Samuel Adeluyi who is the prescribed authority of the Alagbe , was allegedly mastermind by the people from Ilara including the Wife and the son of Oloola .
An eyewitness said that the incident was as a result of a crisis that erupted between the two traditional rulers of the towns following the controversy trailing the upgrade of village head to coronet and to Oba position.
Narrating his ordeal, the Village head of Alagbe accussed the wife and one of the children of the Oloola of harassing him in the palace for his alleged disrespect of their monarch.
He said, his Honda Accord car, with registration number Lagos JJJ 597 AP was vandalised beyond repair and later burn it with some documents which he said he kept in the car.
According to him, around 5:pm, Kabiyesi, Oba Samuel Adeluyi called me to his palace and gave me the letter from paramount ruler of Yewaland, the Olu of Ilaro which I read. I told the Kabiyesi that I want to make photo copy so that I will take it to my community to show it to them in Alagbe community.
“As I come down from upstairs, he called me back to bring back the letter as climb up to return the letter, his junior wife held me by my neck and asked me I could not run to Kabiyesi when he called me..immediately, Kabiyesi’son prince Sola Adeluyi came out from a room , snatched the letter and started beating me till I became unconscious.
“ Some youths also joined them in the beating and when my driver came in to rescue me they beat him and attempted to throw me down from upstairs but, I was rescued by policemen from Ilara .They later destroyed my car .
But, in a swift reaction, the Oloola of Ilara who spoke with our correspondent on phone described the allegation against his wife and son as a lie.
Oba Adeluyi who confirmed the incident and destruction of the car, however, said, it was the other way round as he was the one that received the beating from the village head of Alagbe.
He said “ He told a lie. He came to my house to beat me. I have never seen this that Baale would beat a monarch. People saw him when he was beating me and wanted to beat him. I did not allow the people to best him.
“In fact, it was a mechanic who came to repair my car that separated the two of us we were at veranda. Many people wanted to best him, because they may beat him to death that was why I stopped them and Police took him away.
“I was hospitalised for three days. I only saw a vehicle that was destroyed which they said it belonged to him. I was not in the house when they destroyed the car. I did not know he brought a car and none of my children beat him.
“The Police have taken a statement from me. He was the one that harassed my wife. He rough handled her cloth . In fact, he has committed an offence by harassing the ‘Olori’ . If I had allowed the people to beat him he would have died”.
Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi was not reachable as at the time of filing this report.
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