Oba Ayinde Odetola, the Alagodo of Agodo in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, has been murdered by yet-to-be-identified hoodlums.
Three other persons said to be friends of the monarch were reportedly burnt to ashes.
The incident happened on Monday, January 24, 2022, in Ogun State.
A source disclosed that Oba Odetola was reportedly killed alongside his friends around 11:00 a.m when they return from an outing.
The source said that there had been a crisis over the chieftaincy title of Alagodo as regards who occupies the seat between Ake and Owu people of Egbaland.
According to the source, the traditional ruler was from the Ake section of Egba and there had been a crisis that an Ake person cannot oversee the town which was mainly dominated by the Owu people.
It was gathered that a brother to the traditional ruler was also murdered some time ago.
However, Mrs. Adenike Akintade, one of the siblings of the traditional ruler who confirmed the death of her brother said “I had just been discharged from the hospital this morning only to start mourning the killing of my brother.”
She said, “Kabiesi called me on Saturday urging me to reduce my activities, saying stress could contribute to my illness.”
“Oba Odetola lost his younger brother to the imbroglio some months ago; the young man was killed by hoodlums. Today, Kabiyesi is no more, what a world.”
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Police Command when contacted, the spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident but said, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, and Governor Dapo Abiodun’s Special Adviser on Security, Mr. Olusola Subair, were in town for inspection of the crisis.
The police spokesperson also stated that residents had abandoned the whole town at the time of the visit, stating that the CP has directed the State homicide unit of the Criminal Investigation Department to begin an investigation immediately.
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