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...
The court has declared him wanted while his in-law, Jude Iheruo, who stood as surety for him at the Magistrate’s court sitting in Ejigbo, has been arrested and remanded in prison.
Iheruo was arrested and arraigned in court on Friday for failing to produce Chukwuemeka the lover oy in court as he had earlier promised and enter into N50,000 bond in the court before the suspect was released to him.
According to PM Express, so far, five women have showed up and narrated on how Chukwuemeka promised them marriage at almost the same time, obtained huge sums of money from them and dumped all of them when he was discovered to be a scammer and later disappeared.
One of the women (name withheld) reported the matter to the police.
Chukwuemeka was arrested and charged before the court with fraud.
The ‘lover boy’ was granted bail but remanded in prison custody before Iheruo went to the court and stood as his surety. But he later jumped bail, thus when he repeatedly refused to appear in court, the court then ordered the arrest of Iheruo who had promised to produce Chukwuemekae when required to face trial.
At the court on Friday, Iheruo said that since he is married to Chukwuemeka's sister, when he was arrested and charged to court, he felt obliged to stand as one of the sureties because he was his in-law.
He said when Chukwuemeka was released from custody and the matter was adjourned severally for trial, he later traveled out of Lagos.
He lamented that whenever he called him on phone, he mostly shun his calls and whenever he picked, he will asked him to go and sort out himself as he was no longer ready to face any trial.
Unfortunately, Iheruo was charged with an act of intentional showing disrespect to the court by failing to produce Chukwuemeka in court after entering into a bond as fit and suitable person to stand as surety for the suspect.
He pleaded not guilty.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs J.O.E. Adeyemi granted him bail and surety in like sum. He was remanded in prison pending when he will perfect his bail condition.
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