Mystery Over Oluwo’s Whereabouts As Subjects Revolt

The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale has dismissed the petition against him by 15 monarchs within Iwoland saying that the agitation against him was framed to stop his anti-corruption moves within the kingdom.

He spoke following a petition by 15 monarchs asking for his suspension from office. Meanwhile, the whereabouts of the monarch has turned into a mystery with allegations that he had fled abroad. But a source in the palace said he was in Lagos while other sources said he had relocated abroad.

The petition was followed by demonstrations within the two Local Government Areas straddling Iwoland.

The Oluwo in a statement urged “critics should leave him to God and stop judging him on the social media. Nigerians, outside Iwoland are ignorant of the true situation things and the hardship some monarchs in their domains are inflicting on their subjects.

“For those, who care to know the background to the Ologbagba’s arrongant attitude at the AIG zone 11 peace meeting, I have decided to break my silence. What played out at peace meeting was a gang up to twist my hands backward and prevent me from defending these poor people they have continued to oppress with impunity. It was a case of the oppressor fighting back against the defender of the oppressed, their victims. In the course of the meeting the Ologbagba tried to play out their orchestrated plan when he tried to poke his walking stick in my eyes and I quickly responded to prevent him from achieving their plan, to turn me to a blind king

Alleging that the monarch are against him because of his fight against corruption, he said:

“I feel bad about the strong oppressing the weak and the vulnerable in the society because I always feel the pains of the people that why would something like this happen in Iwoland Traditional Council.

“Most disgusting is that, these monarchs have employed thugs to protect illegally acquired land sold to speculators. The thugs are paid with proceeds from the land. Of my greatest worry is the amount they sell the land, imagine a standard acre of eight plots sold for N60,000.

“Many family lands with ancient cash crop trees such as cocoa, palm kernel tree, oranges, plantain, etc are sold and uprooted without the consent of the family owning the land. They went as far as selling a land for about six people. Many families have been rendered ineffective, many orphans had their heir(land) grabbed with no compensation.

“Many cried to my palace seeking justice. Ask them, I do invite them for mediation with their victims but they refused to change. They went as far as saying, land is part of their luxuries (awon fi n d’ola ni). Are they kings to alleviate or inflict hardship on their subjects?”

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