Ogun Monarch's Death: Orile-Oko Traditional Council Says Oloko Never Poisoned Himself, Threatens Legal Action If Story Not Retracted Within 7 Days - EDU-BIZNEWS

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Ogun Monarch's Death: Orile-Oko Traditional Council Says Oloko Never Poisoned Himself, Threatens Legal Action If Story Not Retracted Within 7 Days




Orile-Oko Traditional Council of Chiefs has described as a complete falsehood, the reported story by an online media "Citynews" which claimed that the late Oloko of Orile-Oko in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Elijah Akanni Sogbayi killed himself with a poison 

The online publication quoting sources in the palace, reported that the late monarch  received cars from different people with a promise to allocate lands to them within the community but could not keep the promise, which led to killing himself to avoid public embarrassment 

But the most ranked member of the traditional council, High Chief Joseph Olalekan Olakunle JP who is the Lisa of Orile-Oko in a statement on Thursday, said  such thing never happened and gave the online media and those behind such malicious publication,  seven days to tender unreserved public apology to the council and retract the story which must be published in two national newspapers or be ready to face legal action for spreading fake news and tarnishing the image of the late monarch and that of the traditional stool of "Oloko"

The Lisa who is also the Asiwaju of Orile imo and  Grand patron of PCRC, Ogun State, in the statement maintained that nothing was hidden about the activities of late traditional ruler till his death on the 19th of December, 2024 less than 10 days to the celebration of his one year coronation on the throne as the Oloko of Orile-Oko 

The Orile-Oko Traditional Council of Chiefs in the statement, urged members of the public to disregard the story while calling on the first son of the late traditional ruler, Sina Sogbayi whom some members of the royal family accused of abducting his father's corpse, to release the body for traditional rites and burial 

Oba Elijah Akanni Sogbayi was said to have been confirmed dead on arrival at an hospital in Abeokuta, after a brief illness before his body was allegedly abducted by his first son

Edu-Biznews and other online news media had on the 22nd of December, 2024 reported that some members of the royal family called for  the urgent intervention of Governor Dapo Abiodun and Commissioner of Police to assist them in retrieving the body from Sina whom according to the family, had been at logger-heads with his late father who ascended the thrown of Oloko stool on 29th of December, 2023 till the monarch joined his ancestors on the 19th of December, 2024

Youngest child of the deceased traditional ruler, 17 year-old , Prince Olafuyi who was at the scene of the ugly incidence of  alleged abduction, said the unruly conduct of his eldest was never a surprise to him, describing his behaviour as unfortunate 

Similarly, two of the high Chiefs, Losi of Orile-Oko, Sodiya Sodunke and Apena of Orile-Oko, Isola Soyinka who are members of Orile-Oko Traditional Council of Chiefs narrated their experiences during the ugly scene of alleged abduction of the monarch's corpse 

A cousin to the late Oloko, Abidemi Ogunseye who equally narrated his ordeal, claimed that monarch's son, who is a police officer in one of divisions in the Ogun State Command, came in a commando-like style with armed policemen in black jeep, allegedly blocked the Orile-Oko Traditional Council vehicle conveying the corpse, shooting sporadically to scare-away people at the scene , before making away with  the body and other valuable items including an undisclosed amount of cash inside the vehicle to an unknown destination 

Abidemi whose mother was a elder sister to the deceased traditional ruler , also alleged that the armed policemen  physically assaulted him and took away his android phone and N200,000 cash on the instructions from Sina 

Abidemi alleged that Sina threatened to kill anyone who tried to obstruct him from abducting the fresh corpse when the vehicle conveying the body was blocked on the expressway, just few kilometers away  to Orile-Oko rural community

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