Chiefs and residents of
Ilashe Ijesa in Obokun
Local Government Area of
Osun State on Thursday
narrated how the monarch
of the town, Oba Adesina
Anibijuwon, was killed by
suspected members of
OPC who were said to
have strangled him and
left his corpse inside his
residence which they set
ablaze.
“We were told that
some gunmen who
claimed to be OPC
members came and
wanted to see
Kabiyesi but they
were told that he
was sleeping.
“They came back
and held the
housemaid living
with Kabiyesi
hostage and went to
where Kabiyesi was
sleeping . But
immediately they
came out, fire
started and Kabiyesi
was burnt inside the
house. ”
Those who recovered his
corpse from the building
said the charred remains
of Oba Anibijuwon were
taken to the mortuary at
Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology
Teaching Hospital in
Osogbo by Osun
Ambulance Service at
around 10.30pm on
Wednesday.
The ambulance that
conveyed the remains of
the monarch was said to
have been escorted to the
mortuary by armed
policemen and some
residents. They feared
that those who killed him
might want to seize his
corpse.
Some residents wondered
why some chiefs in the
town went into hiding
when the hoodlums
invaded the palace. They
are urging the police to
interrogate the said chiefs
to know if they were
culpable.
The upper floor of the
two-storey building where
the monarch resided was
completely razed.
One of the chiefs,
Adejumo Operinmade, told
Punch that he was
informed that some
persons, who claimed to
be OPC members, came
and demanded to see the
monarch, but they were
told that he was asleep.
He stated that the strange
visitors came back and
they pointed a gun to the
head of the monarch’s
housemaid. They
allegedly went to late Oba
Anibijuwon’s room and
strangled the octogenarian
monarch who had been
blind for over nine years.
Another Chief, Jumoke
Ogunkeyede, whose
brother gave the burnt
residence to the monarch,
said he heard that the
hoodlums, who
perpetrated the act, had
an accident while
escaping from the town.
“We heard that they
came in a red Mazda
323 and their car
veered off into the
bush while they were
speeding away . We
called journalists
from Osun State
Broadcasting
Corporation at
Ibokun, but when
they got there to take
photographs of the
car, they saw that
the car had been set
ablaze.
“They also removed
the number plate of
the car . I believe that
they set the car
ablaze to hide their
identities. But the
police could still find
a way of unraveling
those behind the
killing and arson.”
Nigeria police say they
are investigating and they
are on top of the
situation.
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