alj harem:

BY DAYO JOHNSON
AKURE—POLICE in Ondo State have secured the release of Oba Samuel Oyegbemi, abducted by some militant youths in riverine Ijaw community, Iju-Osun, Ondo State.
Last week the militants invaded the town and abducted Oba Oyegbemi, set his palace ablaze, other buildings and allegedly killed five persons.
Speaking with newsmen, Ondo State Police Command Public Relations Officer, PRO, Mr. Aremu Adeniran, said the monarch, was hale and hearty.
Adeniran said a combined team of the anti-riot and regular police officers, deplored in the area, secured the release of the monarch on Saturday.
He said the monarch was in high spirit and was not rough-handled by the Ijaw youths who abducted him after setting his palace and other houses ablaze, during their rampage.
He said nobody had been arrested by the police over the unfortunate development, but confirmed that the command had begun investigation into the matter.
Reports had it that some Militants youths from Ijaw invaded Iju-Osun town in the Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State and burnt the place.
Adeniran, however said only two lives were lost while the palace of the monarch and two other houses were torched.
According to him that the ijaw youths were probably on a revenge mission following the discovery of the body of an ex militants in Iju-Osun, on Thursday.
He said, “Security has been beefed up to avert further loss of life Ikale. Our men are there.
We are making efforts to release the monarch. The man is good. No report of any clash was recorded before the discovery of the corpse of the late monarch in the town”
It was learnt that the invasion of the town by the ex-militants, followed the mysterious death of a middle aged Ijaw man, simply identified as Samuel in the town.
The deceased reportedly hailed from Arogbo Ijaw in Ese odo local government.
A High Chief in the town told reporters on Friday that the militants shot sporadically and later set several houses including the palace of the Olughogho of Iju –Osun, ablaze.
He said residents of neighboring towns like Ajagba, Akotogbo and other villages in the area had also fled their towns in anticipation of possible invasion by aggrieved militants in the Ijaw communities .

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/02/police-secure-release-of-abducted-monarch/

He said the monarch was in high spirit and was not rough-handled by the Ijaw youths who abducted him after setting his palace and other houses ablaze, during their rampage.
He said nobody had been arrested by the police over the unfortunate development, but confirmed that the command had begun  investigation into the matter.

excanny:

^^^
NL's fake theorist!

How then do you incorporate the death of a middle-aged Ijaw man into your fabricated guess? Was he a brother to Oba Akinruntan?

excanny:

^^^
Cant you read? The corpse was discovered in Iju-osun on thursday.

ShangoThor:

Princes kill Princes, Councils give orders to kill Princes, Princes give orders to abduct other Princes, or Councils give orders to abduct Princes, those are the rules, because it is deemed an act of war or a statement of subjugation.


The Ilaje have two main Principalities, Mahin and Ugbo, with their respective Princes, The Amapetu of Mahin; and the Olugbo of Ugbo. The Ilajes also have other minor Principalities and Princes, such as the Alagho of Odonla.
Ugbo Ilaje as Yorubas are more culturally influenced and mixed with the Bini (because of its close proximity), and Ugbo land is the only oil producing part of Yoruba land. The Oba of Ugbo land - Oba Fredrick Akinruntan - is also the CEO of Obat Oil (see link: http://www.obatoil.com/home.html ).   This Oba is extremely Machiavellian and in his bid to consolidate his control on Oil derivation in the area he is eliminating all the other Princes that oppose his control.
The latest issue of Several armed militant Ijaws going on a violent rampage and abducting a monarch is linked to this very issue. If we use our heads instead of our hearts to decipher the info related to the events, we are told allegedly that ‘the ex militant son (who we do not have a name for) of a deceased Ijaw resident (who we do not have a name for) sacked a village because he suspected that his father’s demise was due to homicide.
There is more to this than meets the eye. This is a time for true wisdom to prevail, African wisdom, African Intelligence. No Ijaw community would sanction the abduction of a Yoruba monarch, because both communities have been neighbours for thousands of years, share a common civilization and are subject to the same rules. That is right, there are rules.

Princes kill Princes, Councils give orders to kill Princes, Princes give orders to abduct other Princes, or Councils give orders to abduct Princes, those are the rules, because it is deemed an act of war or a statement of subjugation. Individuals acting alone never do these things. I suspect that Ijaw mercenaries have been hired to carry out the dirty work for the treacherous Oba. Furthermore, there are other Ilaje Princes that are under threat at the moment. Other incidents to further corroborate what I am saying is the burning of the deposed Ilaje Princes home in Akure last week, see link :
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=604627.msg7727560#msg7727560
This was no accident or coincidence, the Prince that was targeted was deposed by Oba Fredrick Akinruntan. In other words all these events are orchestrated treachery by the treacherous Oba, and hence this is an internal affair of the Ilaje and Yoruba. Where the complication lies is that Oba Fredrick Akinruntan is a strong ally of the Ooni of Ife. However, this Prince has brought the privileges associated with his title into disrepute.

This will be a huge test for the Yoruba to see if they can stand for justice and reform the Obaship. There is a conflict of interest in an Oba using his position to consolidate his control of the mineral rights of the polity. The (cursed) Oil belongs to the people and should be used to improve the social conditions of the people at large. 

Lastly , I pity the individuals that have seized this unfortunate incident as a moment to jest about the loss of life of the innocent, simple citizens in rural locations that are just striving and barely making a living. It is an extremely callous opportunistic attitude to exploit the suffering of others. I have had running physical and verbal battles with European men over their claims of African inferiority. The bottom line is that we appear to be still locked into a primitive atavistic world view, where we tend to concentrate on cultural differences such as that of language and polity location as opposed to being able to identify and eliminate our common threats. I have always argued that if the ‘Slave Trade’ was in operation today, there would be no shortage of Nigerians that would fight to sustain it.

The implication for Nigeria and particularly Southern Nigeria is still the same. All this is happening because of our ‘MALFUNCTIONING STATE’. Life is perceived to be so cheap, people committing weekly atrocities with impunity, babies are butchered and life goes on. Our civility and humanity has been breached and nobody cares. If we cannot fix the State and its apparatus to function correctly, then it’s time to start arming our communities so that they can start protecting themselves.

God bless Africa.

cold:

^^smells like bullshitt-then it must be bullshitt

PhysicsHD:

What does the Olugbo of Ugbo have to do with the Oba that was actually kidnapped?

jason123:

BTW, where is onlyliestruth, Ezeuche, Chyz, Obiagu and co? Do you all see why people were not bothered about the abduction? We are all southern brothers and we might have a fight here and there but that does ot mean we should turn it into a full ethnic war! Peace be unto you all!

ShangoThor:

Mate, seriously, I have provided as much info as possible, if you don't believe it, its fine!