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Oba Olufisan Ajayi
By Ibidapo Olowolayemo, Ibadan
Monday May 5, 2025
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There is palpable tension in Ayetoro-Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, as the family of Oluode in the Odo-Odi area of the town petitioned the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Joseph Eribo, accusing the Alayetoro of Ayetoro-Ekiti, Oba Olufisan Ajayi, of assault and land grabbing, among other allegations.
Other allegations against the traditional ruler are stealing and malicious damage of property by some thugs, allegedly hired and directed by the traditional ruler of the town.
The family, had through their counsel, Wole Faola and Co., in the petition to the police, accused the traditional ruler of contempt of court, alleging that Oba Olufisan led about six hoodlums to a property belonging to the family of Oluode and carried out massive damage to the ongoing projects and also attacked the workers on site with cutlasses and other dangerous weapons, despite a court ruling that affirmed the Oluode’s family as the rightful owner of the land.
The traditional ruler, while speaking on the petition, said the land was acquired in 1982, 20 years before he assumed the throne and it was lying fallow.
“But because the land belongs to my mother’s side, the family approached me to make judicious use of the vast space of the land.
“Yes, the family won the case and were given judgment as the rightful owner of the demarcated space of the land, but they trespassed and that was the bone of contention.
“I was not at home a couple of weeks ago when some people called me from home to say that they could see buildings springing up on the land outside their demarcated space. It was then I told them to go and chase them out and they went and carried out my order.
“It was true I ordered the demolition of the building, though it was at the foundation level, that was just the story,” the traditional ruler explained.
The petition by the aggrieved party read that: “judgment was given in favor of our client with damages over a vast area of land between their family and Oba Alayetoro Ekiti with no: HAD/143/21 between Mr. P.A Olajide Akinola and ORS vs. Oba Samuel Olufisan Ajayi, the Alayetoro of Ayetoro Ekiti.
“That the said judgment was not appealed against by the defendant and that my client has been in lawful and actual possession of the land ever since.
“The petitioners further explained that on the instructions of the oba, Mr. Seyi Ajayi, Sunday Ajidese, Adereye Oponbola, Rotimi, Samuel A., and David stormed the site with guns and cutlasses, forcefully ejected the workers and destroyed blocks, wasted bags of cement and also stole phones and cash belonging to the workers.”
The petitioners said they reported the matter immediately to Ido-Ekiti Police Station where two officers were detailed to arrest the suspects, “but surprisingly, the suspects resisted arrests, claiming the traditional ruler had already spoken to the DPO.”
The Oluode family also accused the DPO of shielding the suspects through the influence of the traditional ruler and urged the Commissioner of Police to investigate the matter and possibly arrest the suspects, most especially the complicity of the DPO of Ido-Ekiti police station.
They also made available evidence of the destroyed buildings and recorded audio of the conversations of the suspects while resisting the arrests.
It would be recalled that Oba Olufisan had allegedly been once enmeshed in an alleged scandal of stealing transformers in the town.
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