Oba Akinfalabi Breaks Silence on What Led to Chaos In Orile-Owu


The Olowu of Orile-Owu, Oba Dauda Adebimpe Akinfalabi, Arole Ajibosin, Lagbedu 111, has provided more facts to the cause of violence that led to the death of two persons including a personnel of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), in the communal clash that broke out between Orile-owu and Araromi-Owu in Isokan Local Government of Osun State.


The fracas led to the destruction of properties as the Palace of Olu of Araromi and some houses were torched during the violence.

According to Oba Akinfalabi while speaking with newsmen in his palace, the people of Araromi-Owu who became settlers from Ibadan in Oyo State, have made several attempts to be elevated to the Second Class traditional ruler from village head they had been since 1934 when the late Oba Peter Adekunle, Olowu of Orile-owu, gave them the land for farming and the payment of annual tributaries. 

The royal father lamented how some people went to forge his letterhead and signature as the Consenting Authority in the area and used the forged document to write the government that Olu of Araromi had been recognized as a Second Class monarch and presented same to the government for approval.

He further explained that the forged letter misled the government to make announcement on January 24, 2024, that the Olu of Araromi had been elevated before the government later reversed it having discovered that the document was forged.

Oba Akinfalabi said the Commissioner of Police and the Assistant Inspector General of Police were still investigating the said document when Nathaniel Oyetunji died and Alhaji Sikirulahi Oyeyemi, was selected in line with 2005 Chieftaincy Declaration.

According to the monarch, Oyeyemi was in seclusion on July 19, 2024, when some people from Ibadan who were mobilized by the tenants of Orile-owu, stormed the town for installation of another person. 

He said they retreated for somewhat reinforcement when they learnt that a monarch had been selected and was already undergoing ritual rites in seclusion.

To this effect, Oba Akinfalabi said that some people later went to mobilize thugs and civil defense corps to invade the seclusion, thus leading to the violence when the supporters of Oyeyemi restricted them.

In the interim, Oba Oyeyemi in a petition written by his Lawyer, Bola Adebowale, urged the Commissioner of Police to arrest those that engineered attempted murder, unlawful attempt to install an Oba and conduct likely to breach of the peace in the area.

According to the petition, a prominent person in the community who wanted to install himself as monarch and had earlier approached the state High Court for declarative and injunctive orders, led some thugs to cause chaos while the case he instituted. was still in the court.

Meanwhile, the royal father of Orile-Owu, Oba Akinfalabi, has commended the state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, for his efforts at ensuring that peace reigns supreme in the area, appealing that nothing must be left to chance in ensuring that those behind the chaos were brought to book.

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