From MOSHOOD ADEBAYO, Abeokuta
The Nigeria Police Division in Itori, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State was turned into a boxing arena on Tuesday when two traditional rulers engaged each other in fisticuffs over disagreement on a cultural festival.
The two traditional rulers involved in what many have described as desecration of the Yoruba culture and tradition were Olu of Itori, Oba Akorede Akamo and Baale Lapeleke, Chief Adisa Akinremi. Daily Sun reliably gathered that Akinremi had gone to the police station to lodge complaints against Oba Akamo and the police invited the latter to defend himself. Akinremi was said to have complained about the alleged disruption of a cultural ceremony being staged by natives of a neighbouring village the night previous.
Daily Sun learnt that it was while Akamo was trying to defend himself that he got angry and allegedly slapped Akinremi, who retaliated as well as went ahead to beat the attacker up to the extent that he (Akamo) scampered for safety. The Owu people in Lapeleke camp township, a suburb town of Itori in the local government area were at the height of celebrating the annual Owu Cultural and Heritage Renaissance Festival.
The Owu festival had earlier been flagged off at the palace of the Olowu of Owu in Abeokuta on Monday. Akamo was alleged to have led a group of people believed to be thugs, armed with guns and cutlasses and shot sporadically leading to the disruption of the ceremony. Several people were injured in the melee and property yet to be estimated were destroyed. While the injured had been taken to a hospital in Abeokuta for treatment, Daily Sun also learnt that a number of arrests had been made and the suspects were being questioned at the Itori Police Station.
The two traditional rulers were also said to have made statements to the police, while the matter had been transferred to the state police headquarters for further investigations. Although the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, could not be reached for comments, a senior police officer in the command who spoke with Daily Sun on condition of anonymity confirmed the incident.
“The matter has been transferred here and the two traditional rulers have made useful statements to the police. The issue of gun totting by anyone, whether the person had licence to use it or not, is a serious allegation which we are also investigating.”
when two ground fathers striped naked in the market squar and comenced a wreastling compatition, it simply meance tht a national shame is about come.
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Tee hee hee, haw, haw! Lol. Sounded like a real royal rumble. Was their a royal black eye and swollen lip? If not, take off their agbadas and give them gloves for round 2! Let us see the royal dance of shame!!!
i can’t laugh ohh.
LOL………………………………………
Sebi won ni Egba meji kii ja’raa won ni’yan ni?
What a shameful art, pls lean how to resolve things amicable.
what connect the picture and the story?
Yorubas and their culture, they will not kill me with laughter…. hooo hoooo hoooo haaa haaa eeeeeeeeh. Have you ever heard that Emirs fought before? Or traditional Ezes in Igbo land took themselves to wrestling context (fight).
That is yoruba for you. What a shame, ofcourse that is not in their dictionary, as they (yorubas) fights naked publicly.
Well said Kay Soyemi (Esq). a shambolic disgrace
Who installed these royal shame in d first? place someone who can not rule his own house being hailed king !hmmmmmmm these are bad examples n pple shd not hesitate 2 mete out their punishments accordingly.they are bundles of disgrace 2 d society n Yoruba culture.HRH Olowu of Owu take action!
Gone are the days when traditional rulers are held in high esteem and seen as fathers of all. They were the last port of call in any dispute and lived by examples.
Nowadays, all communities go in search of rulers without recourse to tradition and end up appointing the man who can offer bribe and bully his way to the sacred throne of his ancestors. These ‘rulers’ end up desecrating the revered office and tradition of the people. We are seeing the result in Abeokuta where traditional rulers exchange blows at a police station!!!
It seems we are descending lower and lower in all aspects of life in Nigeria.
Who installed these royal shame in d first place? someone who can not rule his own house being hailed king !hmmmmmmm these are bad examples n pple in authority shd not hesitate 2 mete out their punishments accordingly.they are bundles of disgrace 2 d society n Yoruba cultural n traditional heritage.HRH Olowu of Owu take action!before they breach d peace of d towns n communities.
Nobody is being tribal here, If it were in Igbo land a lot of wide mouths will be here………. lol….. Abeg mek them do the round two jare
Let the accept Jesus and stop deceiving themselves!
What moral and spiritual lessons will they learn from fetish and cultism activities? Shame!
The problem is more than that Mr Sholeye. It is a manifestation of the disunity in Egbaland which was caused when the then Alake in the 1930s was not able to move the other 3 powerful local Obas to their homesteads so that Abeokuta could have peace. These Obas like the Olowu of Owu and Osile of Oke Ona create so much problem for the Alake of Egbaland. Itori is a town under the Alake and has an Oba; Olu of Itori but the Lapeleke a village is occupied by Owu people and the Olowu installed a baale to contest the supremacy of Olu of Itori and Alake of Egbaland. That is the real problem.
No Egba Homestead is greater than the other. Our forefathers decided to come together because of unity and make the Alake the supreme head so that we can have one voice. Let this two Obas that I respect please tow the line of our forefathers for peace in Egbaland and also let the Alake present himself as a father in this democratic Nation of ours and there shall be peace in Egbaland. The solution lies with Alake calling on the Olowu and settling this rift before Osile takes advantage of it. We need peace in Egbaland. I love our Obas but only unity can make us strong.
Very unusual for the royals to have engage in an open feet cut. Which example are they setting for their followers?
Plenty wahala dey after iku Abiola
This is an example of moni contest, if nt hw can 2 elders fight in a police station.Well, they should b arested and detained
shame on them. this wot moni or power contest can cause if nt, hw can such pple fight in d police station. well, they should b arested and detained.
Ruler and their actions, what a nice movie !, we are waiting for part 2
see now
its really a royal rumble. they should be immediately be de-throned and flogged by the agberos
Nnaa… Men!!! I dry laugh. What a culture and tradition in 21st century
The men fought to become traditional rulers..so the fight continues….. Laugh want kill me joo…
money cost all the problem in nigeria
Are these people really royal fathers by birth or these political royal father?
Many of the those occupying Traditional institutions are area boys turned area father.
How does this picture relate to story that you are telling?Or u think u can just put any picture for any story?
l still dey laugh my people
This one movie na royal war of disgrace…grab ur copy nw n watch out for part 2 soon…
Oba akinrem is d man, 9z one bro…
this is not a good example as a leader.emaje kobaje……. oooo
It is shameful acts for traditional rulers to engage themselves in such street fighting. The crowned King of Itori is superior to the Baale of Lapeleke, hence, Oba Akamo of Itori should not have descended so low to lead thugs to disrupt the cultural festival of Lapeleke people which led to the complaints lodged by Baale of Lapeleke at Itori Police station. Oba Akamo of Itori has performed acts that called for his dethronement by Ogun state government if he has actually engaged in street fighting with Baale of Lapeleke and Alake of Egbaland who is also the paramount ruler of Egbaland will definitely support the deposition of Oba Akamo of Itori if he is found to be truly engaged in such scuffle with the Baale.
Another shameful scene part 2 by the so called traditional rulers. Deji of Akure created the first one and the movie sold N1,000,000 copies per day. Her sister state Ogun wants to archive higher target @ 10,000,000 Naira copies per day. Watch out the part 3 side of it is to throw heavy juju against each other, one failing after the other, useless institution.
Prosecute them
They have succeded to wash their dirty linings in public:The other day it was about two igbo sons in Ghana fighting themselves dirty about who should be reffered as the “Eze ndi igbo” in far away ghana. What a shame
Capital punishment shud be imposed on these roque. Useless human being
It is not strange, They are taking queue from the National Assembly
They are only installed and pronounced traditional ruler’s,one thing I don’t know is the method of his selection and who crowned them.I recommend their immidiate sack because they don’t belong their.
There can’t be area-boys if there are no area-fathers…..fools wo are a disgrace to nation-building.
What lessons have they left??? What a legacy of nil courtesy and ill manners….
Shameful!!!!
Whatever happened to the culture i use to love…..where respect was mandatory!!!!
i think they re political royal fathers who don’t know the cultural implication of their actions.Let them face the music outrightly
royal disgrace, royal insult, and foolish people they should be remove
They are a disgrace 2 d entire yoruba nd wot not 2 b addressed as royal fadas or wot are the called again.
Taboo……………. shameful act indeed
In time past, those that ascend the traditional royal stool are usually people of trusted pedigree, impeccable character & excellent disposition, however, this days ‘the throne’ has been eroded & polluted by politics&corruption like every other facet of our national life, all that we see now are “Area fathers” & political psycophants who have nothing to offer but to further plunder the lean resourse of their people at local govt. Level…,its such a shame
Is this teaching a good behaiour to their people to learn from two of them? This is disgracable atitudes to Yoruba people and the law should take it curse over their disgracable acts, they have caused in the public.
Am told owu is the home town of olu obasanjo. my question is now this: does it mean nothing good will ever come out of owu community? OBJ ruled and ruined nigeria. he also colloby his daughter in-law. and here we are witnessing two of his chiefs boxing themselves in the full glare of the public. owu people, unu weldone oooh!
The Sun newspaper what has this stupid right up got to do with Moslem prayer ground? Very silly insinuator…
…the mgbati wars are here.Bring on the pugilists.Winner eats all the amala.
Wat kind of shameful royhal fathers are this? If it was there children dat did dis what will them have done? The govern should take action, bt before dat they should act part2