Photo & Video-Ogun state monarch beaten black & blue,stripped naked by hoodlums

 There was mayhem  on Monday in Ado-Odo, Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State when a  traditional ruler, Oba Lateef Adeniran  was attacked and stripped  naked in the public glare by some hoodlums.

His palace was also destroyed while his wives  and children escaped being lynched by  rampaging residents  who also burnt down the monarch’s palace  during the  violence  that ensued following a supreme court judgement.
Vanguard  gathered that  some aggrieved youths  who did not want the monarch  in the town  launched  the  attack on him  on  his way to Ilaro.



It was further gathered that the monarch’s attackers  were protesting the validation of his appointment by a Supreme Court judgement delivered in January 12, 2009  allegedly stormed his palace but, did not meet the monarch and  destroyed his cars .

The monarch was unlucky as they forcibly stopped the jeep conveying him and dragged him out of the vehicle  before they  started beating him  and then striped him naked.

According to findings, Oba Adeniran  is currently receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital in Abeokuta, the state capital for the injuries he sustained on his head and other parts of the body.

Vanguard learnt that,the monarch’s  wives, children of the monarch and the palace staff were said to have sustained  some degrees of injuries  during the riot.

A reliable source  who pleaded anonymity told Vanguard that the rioters had earlier in the day went  to the palace to challenge the monarch for not visiting the accident victim since the incident occurred few days ago.

According to the  source , though the Kabiyesi was not in the palace as at the time the rioters visited, but, several cars packed at the palace garage were destroyed.

“It was on his way from Ilaro that some of the rioters saw him, beat him blue black  and tore his garment   before he luckily escaped  by the whiskers from being brutally injured”.

Vanguard