Shockwaves are reverberating across Yorùbáland and the global Yorùbá diaspora following the sudden death of the Baba Ọba (King’s Father) of the famed Oyotunji African Village in South Carolina, USA. The late Baba Ọba, Lukman Arohunfale, a revered socialite and traditionalist, passed away under circumstances already sparking fierce controversy. His death comes just days after he publicly accused the newly installed Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty Oba Akeem Adéyẹmọ Owoade, of allegedly ordering his courtiers to beat him mercilessly during a recent courtesy visit to the Oyo palace in Nigeria. In a widely circulated voice recording, the deceased recounted how what was meant to be a simple homage turned violent. Although the Baba Ọba had reportedly battled ill health in the past year, growing insinuations suggest that the alleged physical assault may have aggravated his condition, ultimately leading to his untimely death. The palace in Oyo recently denied that s...
Narrating how his son died, the monarch said that the thugs and land grabbers had on the day of the incident, invaded the house where he was living and ordered him to vacate the property as they have won a case in court against the FHA over the land. The monarch said his son was asked by the thugs to accompany them to the office of one Opeyemi and that he agreed.
“When they got to Opeyemi’s office, they met one Bayo Oladejo who has been terrorizing them in the estate and he told them that even though they won the case against FHA as they claimed, they did not show him any document to that effect and that they should tell him how much to pay for ratification. They said they would be back on Saturday but Bayo Oladejo insisted that they should park out or he will kill him and his son. I told them to tell me how much to pay for ratification since they are claiming to have won a case against the FHA who sold the land to us I did not argue with them. At about 11pm on Wednesday, Bayo Oladejo led Pastor Anjorin, Shola Oyeloye a.k.a Sholebo, Bature, Kosoko Saheed and other thugs to Jamiu Olipede’s house. He was called out and shot but the bullet did not penetrate so they used cutlass to machete him severally and killed him on the spot” he explained.A victim of the suspected land grabbers, Salami Ayodele, who narrated his own experience, said the thugs led by one Pastor Anjorin came to his house and ordered him to park out with the excuse that they had won a case against the FHA without showing him any evidence and that he refused to park.
“Pastor Anjorin went ahead and remove the pumping machine in his compound and also disconnected the electricity supply to the house which made him to call the DPO of Alagbado Police station. The DPO ask them to come to his office and on getting there, Pastor Anjorin could not provide any court document which the DPO asked him to and bring”.
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