Family Raises Alarm Over Sudden Disappearance Of Couple Who Rejects Chieftaincy Title

The Orosun family of Idanre, Ondo State has declared their son Olatunji Olufemi and wife, Beatrice missing after the couple refused to undergo the traditional rites that will make him ascend the title of his late father, the Abore of Orosun family of Idanre, Ondo state.


The head of the family, High Chief Borokini Mebonewade Olatunji, who spoke with reporters in Abeokuta , the Ogun state capital last week said the search team constituted by the family on OLUFEMI and Beatrice has being to neighbouring South West states, Port Harcourt, Federal Capital Territory Abuja before coming down to look for him in Abeokuta where the cousin of his wife , Dorcas Oyeyemi lives with her family.

"It is the tradition in the family that whoever is choosen by the gods to be installed as the "Abore of Orosun" must undergo the traditional rites with his wife. It is a well known tradition in the family. We are surprised that we can't find him.

"His whereabout is not known to us. He is the one choosen by the gods. The title is vacant at the moment. The title can't be vacant for too long," he said.

Olufemi's whereabout is unknown since the year 2017.