Three remanded for invading palace, beating up Osun monarch
A 35-year-old man, Wasiu Tijani, and two others were on Monday dragged before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly beating up a monarch in his palace.
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A 35-year-old man, Wasiu Tijani, and two others were on Monday dragged before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly beating up a monarch in his palace.
Punch Newspapers Sections Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo A 35-year-old man, Wasiu Tijani, and two others were on Monday dragged before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly beating up a monarch in his palace. Tijani, alongside 35-year-old Tairu Akangbe and 30-year-old Samad Mutairu were said to have stormed the palace of the Alabudo of Abudo, a community in the Egbedore Local Government Area of the state, Oba Morufu Olawale, and assaulted him. The defendants were also accused of beating up labourers working at the palace of the Alabudo. The police prosecutor, Kayode Asanb...
Daily Post Nigeria Published The accused persons are: Tijani Wasiu, 35, Akangbe Tairu, 35 and Samad Mutairu 30. The trio allegedly committed the offence on February 20, 2021, at Abudo village in Awo, Egbedore Local Government Area, Osun State. The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Kayode Asanbe alleged that the trio conducted themselves in a manner to cause a breach of peace. “They went to the palace of Alabudo to disturb labourers who are working in the palace by acting like a thug. “The three accused persons also assaulted Alabudo of Abudo, Oba Morufudeen Olawale in his palace by slapping an...