Last week, Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, allegedly assaulted a monarch, Agbowu of Ogbaagba, Oba Dhikrulahi Akinropo, during a peace meeting organised to resolve a land issue in Iwo, Osun S...
Last week, Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, allegedly assaulted a monarch, Agbowu of Ogbaagba, Oba Dhikrulahi Akinropo, during a peace meeting organised to resolve a land issue in Iwo, Osun State. But while Akinropo insisted that he was assaulted, Akanbi said he acted in self-defence.
We told the AIG that we would not meet at Oluwo’s palace anymore because the security situation in the area didn’t favour us. He agreed that we should have another meeting inside Iwo Local Government Secretariat. He gave Oluwo two options as regards the land issue. The commissioner said if Oluwo had anything to prove the ownership of the land in other communities near Iwo, he should go to court and prove it. He also said since he represented the governor, he would have to go back to his principal and brief him. He said the governor would later invite us to have a discussion to settle the issue amicably.
The Oluwo said he acted in self-defence and that the Agbowu of Ogbagbaa tried to stick his staff in his eye, is that the case? Oluwo is trying to cause friction between us and our people and we are trying to avoid that. Oluwo has been recruiting some of our tenants and using them against us. For instance, I installed a Baale in a village – Tootoo. By evening of the same day, Oluwo came in with his people and installed another person as Baale in the same village. The Baale I installed was beaten and stripped naked. It was the police that took him to the Area Commander’s office.
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