https://nextedition.com.ng/2019/05/09/ojuola-father-of-kogi-abducted-5-day-old-baby-banished-from-community/


Mr. Tosin Ojuola, father of the five-day-old male child abducted by two gunmen on April 11 at Ijagbe community in Kogi State, has been banished from the community.


Ojuola who confirmed this to News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, during a telephone interview on Thursday in Lokoja said that the banishment order was handed to him on May 7 by the community leaders.


He said that the order also affected his wife, saying that they were asked not to come back to the community until the abducted baby was found.


According to Ojuola , the journey to the banishment came when he was summoned to the palace by the traditional ruler in the morning of May 7 and was handed a 10-hour ultimatum to leave the town or face the consequences.


“My parents, my wife and I, were all summoned to the meeting.


“At the meeting, the monarch told me that the community leaders said that the village oracle (Ifa deity) revealed that I had a hand in the abduction of my own baby.


“Thereafter, they gave me and my wife a 10 -hour ultimatum from 7am to 5pm on May 7, to leave the community and warned us not to come back until our abducted baby is found,” he explained.


He told NAN that he and his wife left the village at about 12 noon that same day with their two year-old daughter, while their other four children were left behind with their aged parents.


NAN reports that Ojuola, had earlier been arrested and detained by police alongside his landlord and a co-tenant in connection with the incident.


His being detained then was also at the instance of the community leaders who claimed that series of traditional investigations revealed that Ojuola was behind the abduction of his son.


He appealed to the police to speed up their investigation and unravel the mystery behind the baby’s disappearance.


The traditional ruler of Ijagbe community in Mopa-Muro Local Government, Chief Amushin Adeleye, confirmed the banishment of Ojuola from the town in connection with the abduction of his son.


The monarch, who spoke through his son, Prince Segun Adeleye, told NAN that the decision to banish Ojuola was taken by the Mopa-Muro Local Government Traditional Council of Chiefs.


He defended the action of the traditional council, explaining that all spiritual consultations revealed that the “father of the abducted baby had a hand in his abduction.”