The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun on Friday suspended the Mogaji Akinsola, Chief Olawale Oladoja, following his activities in the Akinsola Village in Akinyele Local Government area of Oyo State.
It was said that Akinsola on Thursday harassed the residents of the community claiming that he had got a court judgments to prove that the land upon which they built their houses was not legally sold to them.
It would be recalled that about 200 houses in the community were on Wednesday allegedly put under lock and key and red- marked for demolition by the traditional chief while the house owners and residents were chased out of their homes.
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The residents were said to have slept in the open outside of their houses throughout the night following which they protested to the Olubadan Palace on Thursday.
The public outcry that greeted the matter especially on the social media led to the emergency meeting conveyed on Friday which had in attendance the Olubadan, some of the members of his Advisory Council, the representatives of Ibadan Mogajis led by Chief Asimiyu Adepoju Ariori, Mogaji Akinsola and the representatives of the residents during which the decision to suspend the Mogaji and other actions were taken.
Briefing the press after the meeting, the Personal Assistant (Media) to Olubadan, Oladele Ogunsola disclosed that three communities, Akinsola, Aponmode and Labinkulu were actually affected by the action with the other two communities as represented by Baale Aponmode, Dauda Bolarinwa Aponmode and Morufu Raufu relaying how they were recruited by Mogaji Akinsola to join him in reclaiming the land from the landlords and how they turned him down.
In his presentation, Mogaji Akinsola told the monarch and members of Advisory Council that he made several attempts to resolve the matter before he decided to take action.
He disclosed that the matter was also reported to the palace and moves were being made to intervene but didn’t wait for the conclusion of the palace intervention before he approached the security agents for the execution of the court judgment that gave his family the right of ownership of the disputed land.
The Ashipa Olubadan, Oba Biodun Kola-Daisi who read the riot act on behalf of the Olubadan Advisory Council said “several facts were established here today and they pointed to the fact that Mogaji Akinsola didn’t follow the code of conduct usually handed down to both Mogajis and Baales when being appointed.