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The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, the Aje Ogungunniso I, has alerted the police high command to alleged moves by some residents of the city to cause mayhem. Oba Adetunji spoke yesterday at his Popoyemoja, Ibadan palace while hosting Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Foluso Adebanjo. He alluded to the case of Oloode village in Oluyole Local Government Area, where Lukman Alao was deposed as Baale and replaced on January 9 with Dauda Odeyemi Ejo. The first-class monarch said Alao had allegedly become a law unto himself, using the machinery he procured outside the state to molest and arrest law-abiding residents. Oba Adetunji said: “Part of his mode of operation is continuous use of number plate of Baale Oloode long after his removal from office. His co-traveller is the Onido of Ido, Chief Tajudeen Akinola Agura, who, although is not molesting anybody but is using the number plate of Onido of Ido. “If a chief is removed in accordance with our tradi...

MOTORISTS plying the Akure-Ilesha expressway have cried out over the incessant robbery activities by hoodlums suspected to be herdsmen who kidnap, rape, kill, maim and dispossess them of their hard earned money running into millions of naira in the last two months. Infact, deep rooted fear now grip motorists plying the highway  following reports of the daily robberies  carried out there. Reports have it that passengers in commercial buses result in fervent prayers when they are about getting to this axis of the highway and after escaping any attack, they give praises to God for their divine escape. Akure-Ilesha highway Within this period, some important personalities have lost their lives during the spate of unchecked robberies on the highway. More worrisome is the lukewarm attitude of security operatives in both Ondo and Osun states to the plight of motorists who cannot but ply this road because of a lack of an alternative. Of concern also was that the robbers carry out th...