HOODLUMS numbering
about 10, weekend, invaded the
palace of the Olu of Igbokoda in
the oil rich Ilaje council area of
Ondo State, Oba Afolabi Odidiomo,
sacked his family members and
destroyed his abode.
They also allegedly raped some
girls in the houses of some of the
Chiefs.
The family members of the
traditional ruler who were in the
palace were reportedly whisked
away while the Oba was said to be
away to Lagos when the ugly
incident happened.
Report had it that the invasion
and attack on the palace was a
reprisal attack by the hoodlums
who had come to revenge the
death of one of them.
Vanguard gathered that some of
the thugs had earlier invaded and
disrupted a sporting and quiz
event.
But two of them were unlucky as
they were arrested and taken to
the palace of the monarch and
subsequently handed over to the
police.
Speaking on the development, the
Oba said; “I want the IGP to order
investigation into this. This is a
clear case of rape, murder and
arson and as a lawyer, I am aware
these are grave offences.”
Oba Odidiomo traced the genesis
of the attack to his kicking against
the installation of two people
within Igbokoda as Baale and
Oloja by his fellow Oba without
recourse to him.
According to him, he frowned at
this development since the two
installed chiefs lived within his
domain.
Oba Odidiomo added that “I
reported the development to
Olugbo of Igboland, Oba Obateru
Akinruntan, who promised to
wade into the matter.
“There is also a parcel of land
within Igbokoda terrain which the
same fellow connected to the
hoodlums sold to the Ministry of
Niger Delta Affairs at about N64
million and when I asked
questions, they threatened to deal
with me.
“ I sent a petition to the Ministry
and he has been using the Mahin
boys to harass me since then. A
group of boys shot into my room
through the window last year in
an attempt to eliminate me, he
said.”
He confirmed that two of the
hoodlums apprehended by the
people of Igbokoda last week for
disturbing the peace of the town
were handed over to the police.
He said “ the following morning I
was told a corpse was found in the
river and was identified as one of
the Mahin boys and these boys
went on rampage destroying the
palace and some houses belonging
to some of my chiefs”
However the Amapetu denied any
involvement in the destruction of
the palace of the Olu of Igbokoda.
Speaking through one of his
Chiefs, the Oloja of Abereke Chief
Francis Mesagan, he described the
Olu of Igbokoda as a drowning
man who is begging for attention.
Chief Mesagan said Oba Omowole
of Mahin kingdom single- handedly
installed Odidiomo as the monarch
of Igbokoda and will not be party
to destroying the house he built.
He however asked the Olu of
Igbokoda to retrace his steps and
make peace with his people rather
than pointing accusing finger at
Amapetu of Mahin.
He said the discovery of the
corpse of the boy found in the
river ignited the attack on Olu of
Igbokoda palace by the people of
the community and not from
external forces as claimed by the
Odidiomo..
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/hoodlums-sack-ondo-monarch-from-palace/

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