What could have been a bloody clash between soldiers and
policemen was averted on Friday in Owode-Yewa area of Ogun State during the
installation and conferment of a chieftaincy title on a House of
Representatives member, Oladipupo Adebutu.
The incident happened at Owode Town Hall, where the Olu of
Owodeland, Oba Mathew Akindele, installed the Peoples Democratic Party lawmaker
as Otunba Fiwagboye of Owodeland.
Our correspondent gathered that trouble began when a team of
policemen, led by the Area Commander, Ilaro, Titus Musa, allegedly stormed the
hall to stop the ceremony, prompting men of the Nigerian Army on the ground to
resist the action.
It took the intervention of Adebutu’s father, Kesington
Adebutu, who was present at the event, to take control of the situation.
The police, who were said to be acting on the orders of the
state government, had earlier sealed off the Owode International Market which
was originally proposed as venue of the ceremony.
A group, Lado Vanguard, accused Governor Ibikunle Amosun of
sending policemen to disrupt the occasion.
But the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor,
Adejuwon Soyinka, said the state government had no hand in the incident.
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