A statement released yesterday by the command’s spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the command arrested the suspects in their bid to unravel those behind the crisis that engulfed the town, recently.
Pandemonium broke out at Ijoko town on Christmas Eve when some hoodlums invaded the palace of one of the two traditional rulers, Oba Lasisi Ogunseye, who is the Onijoko of Ijoko of Egbaland, and set it ablaze. Aside setting the palace on fire, the hoodlums also burnt properties worth several millions of naira, while several people were injured.
The PPRO said, “Following the recent crises that rocked Ijoko-Ota town in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, the Ogun State Police Command has embarked on proper investigation by pouncing on the perpetrators of the crises that lasted for days and arrested nine suspects with arms and ammunition.”
“It would be recalled that some suspected hoodlums had been on the rampage in Ijoko-Ota area of Ogun State in connection with the lingering Onijoko obaship crises and set ablaze some houses while several people were injured.”
“The crises were brought under control with the efforts of the Area Commander in charge of Ota Area Command, ACP Titilayo Kayode and the Divisional Police Officer, Ota, CSP Gabreal Idibe, before the matter was eventually transferred to the Department of Criminal Investigation (CID) on the directive of the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Department of Finance and Administration and Second in Command, DCP Haliru Gwandu, for thorough investigation.”
“This investigation prompted the police teams from the Department of Criminal Investigation, Police Mobile Force, coordinated by the Deputy Commissioner of police in charge of Department of Operations, Ogun State Command, DCP Egberebi Egbuson, to conduct search and raids on the palaces and premises of the two disputing rulers, Oba Montanmi and Oba Ogunseye, on 27th December at night time.
“Nine suspects were arrested and 12 locally-made single barrelled guns, two pump action guns, 191 cartridges, two cutlasses, one axe, charms and masquerade’s clothing were recovered in the palace of Oba Montanmi and one butt of a locally-made single barrelled gun was recovered in the palace of Oba Ogunseye who has also been indicted by some suspects arrested in a case of shooting and wounding that occurred at a filing station in Agbado area of Ogun State on 26th December 2014.”
It was gathered that prior to the attack Ijoko town had been enmeshed in series of chieftaincy tussles between the two monarchs, Oba Ogunseye, who bears the title of Onijoko of Ijoko Egbaland, and Oba Abdulfatai Matanmi, the Onijoko of Ijoko-Ota town.
Although, cause of the latest confrontation between the two rulers was yet-to-be established, it was, however, gathered that Oba Ogunseye was away to Ibadan, Oyo State capital, when the incident occurred.
The PPRO added that the police for interrogation had invited the two monarchs.
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