We Will Arrest, Prosecute Hoodlums Responsible For Olubadan Palace Shooting – AIG
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 11, Mr. Oshodi Glover, has vowed to track down fleeing hoodlums who attacked the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji on Monday.
The AIG, who said this when he visited the palace of the Olubadan after unknown gunmen attacked his palace was accompanied by the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr. Abiodun Odude and other top-ranking officers.
He allayed the fears of the people, promising “to pursue, arrest and prosecute the said gunmen”.
Glover also expressed dismay at the manner the hoodlums desecrated the palace, saying, “Kabiyesi, it was immediately I heard of what happened here that I decided to come and visit you.
“I promise you that we are going to pursue the hoodlums and we will make sure they are arrested and brought to book”, he said.
Oba Adetunji, while responding, appreciated the police boss for his timely visit.
He said, “Whoever does not do well, does not do well for himself. Whoever does well, does well for himself. The position we occupy today had been occupied before by others. We are here today, and it is a fact that we don’t know whose turn it will be tomorrow. This fact should teach everyone a lesson that we should be do good always.
“I never dreamt of what happened here. It was God who protected us and ensured nobody died. I thank God for that. I thank you because I don’t have anyone I need to fight among you. What I know is that God is going to reward everyone according to his deeds”, he said.
Meanwhile, the new Ibadan Mogajis have raised the alarm that their lives were no longer safe in the present circumstance.
The spokesperson of the group, Mogaji Wale Oladoja, while condemning the ugly incident of the attack asked the Police Force Headquarters to wade in and fortify the palace.
Oladoja, who made the position of his colleagues, Mogaji AbdulJelil Adanla and Mogaji Abass Oloko known in a statement made available to journalists declared that the need for the force headquarters to come in became necessary “because the anonymous calls being received from different quarters are warning us to back out of the current struggle to protect our inheritance and centuries of peaceful ascension to the stool of Olubadan”.
Oladoja added that, “You recall two weeks ago, we addressed the press where we urged our revered monarch to begin installation of new Mogajis and Baales to put a stop to the lull in the palace since the unfortunate crowning of 21 kings in a single day by the state governor”.