Group Wants Gov. Dapo Abiodun To Declare Onihunbo Stool Vacant, Says Joseph Adesiyan Is 'Fake & Fraudulent'

….Wants Government to set up independent Commission of Enquiry

A human rights body, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice
(CHRSJ) has urged the Ogun State Government under the leadership of
Prince Dapo Abiodun to declare the traditional seat of Onihunbo of
Ihunbo vacant over what it perceived as illegal and untraditional
imposition of a known smuggler, bunkerer and Land-grabber, one Mr.
Joseph Olamide Adesiyan as monarch of the ancient town.

It also described the Mr. Adesiyan as fake who should stop
parading himself as monarch in and outside the State as his installation lacks due
process. The group further that Adesiyan installation contradicts the order of rotation in 1956/1957 Ihunbo
Chieftaincy declaration and Court Affidavit of Princess Victoria
Adenike Fagbohun(nee Kilanko Adeyemi) dated 27th day of February,2018.

The ancient town of Ihunbo in Ipokia Local Government area of the
State has been engulfed in Obaship and Community crisis since Friday
17th of March,2017 at about 7.29pm when Adesiyan, Mr. Fatai Isiaka
and Mr. Babajide Titus ( aka- Oppressor) led 46 Armed thugs with the
supervision of men of Nigeria Police Force (NPF) coordinated by one
ACP Samuel Titus and 21 men of 192 Battalion of Nigeria Army base in
Owode-Yewa,to burn down the Onihunbo’s palace on the support of former
Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s elder brother, Alhaji Abidoye Amosun
popularly called “Alhaji Agba”.

It added that immediately they burnt down the Onihunbo’s palace,they
turned Adesiyan’s private residence to the palace where they made
him(Adesiyan) illegal monarch and this was against the norms and
customs of Yoruba traditional institution.

It alleged that the perpetrators of the evil and dastard acted against
the innocent citizens of the Ihunbo Community and have been striving hard
to pervert the cause of justice on the matter since particularly, during Ibikunle Amosun administration.

The human rights body however urges Prince Dapo Abiodun led
administration to set up Independent Panel of Enquiry which would
comprise of members of International human rights organization like
Amnesty International and others in order to unravel the truth
surrounding the whole scenario in respect of Obaship tussle in Ihunbo.

According to the petition dated 14th of December,2020 by the
CHRSJ’s Executive Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, copies of which
were made available to SECURITY MONITOR.

The letter forwarded to the Executive Governor of the State, Prince
Dapo Abiodun, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, State
Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice and State Commissioner
for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs demands the immediate removal of Adesiyan.

The petitioners are; Alfa Akeem Babatunde, Mr. Sola Fadairo and Alhaji
Abubarkar Salami. And according to them,”we have our facts and exhibits which we promised to provide and present at the panel of Inquiry or
in anywhere you call to do so”

“Conversely, it is rather unfortunate and surprise that the matter was
later metamorphosing into the different criminal nature like physical
attacked, peculiar assault, common assault, attempted murder and
killing of innocent souls in Ihunbo town and its environs with other
fullisade of threats alleged to have been fired at the authentic
indigenes of the town by those leaders of hoodlums including; Mr.
Olamide Adesiyan”.

“In view of the foul play surrounding the issue, we observed that their
whole actions ab initio premised on frivolity, illegality, callousness
and unmitigated barbarism as evidences presented in this Petition
Letter”.

It therefore, urged the State Governor and other authorities concerned
to use their good offices to expedite necessary action to
address the issues raised by treating all the necessary documents
attached to the protest letter with utmost priority”.

When contacted, the embattled monarch, Joseph Olamide Adesiyan claimed he didnt make himsel the monarch of Ihunbo land. He said he became the king of Ihunbo in 2017 and since then, his comunity and subjects have been living in peace. He added that the same group of people have petitioned EFCC, Police and others putting forward all sorts of lies and that none of the lie hold water before the law of human reason.