06, 2021
Hoodlums, numbering about 50, on Thursday night, allegedly attacked the residence of the deposed monarch of Ugboland in the Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, Adebanjo Mafimisebi, allegedly leading to the death of a boy.

The seven-year-old boy, identified as Marvelous Akintubuwa, was allegedly thrown into the river by the bandits and his corpse was discovered floating on Friday morning.

Following the attack, the Mafimisebi’s family had petitioned the state governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, and security agencies in the state, informing them about the development.

The petition, signed by a legal practitioner, Mr Idowu Mafimisebi, alleged that the hoodlums were sponsored by the current Olugbo of Ugboland, Oba Frederick Akinruntan.

The petition read in part, “Our clients informed us that sometime in November, 2019, Obateru Akinruntan (the Olugbo of Ugbo) instructed his thugs to repaint the houses of Dr Adebanjo Mafimisebi, formerly the Olugbo of Ugbo, and claimed that he had control over the property because he was now the Olugbo of Ugbo and threatened that he would eject the family of the former Olugbo out of the premises

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