Unknown gunmen, on Monday, January 24, 2022, assassinated the traditional ruler of Agodo village in Ewekoro local council of Ogun State, Oba Ayinde Odetola, and four of his aides.
The monarch was reportedly killed together with his aides and their bodies burnt to ashes.
It was gathered that Oba Odetola and his aides were assassinated and burnt as soon as they entered the town around 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 24, 2022.
It was alleged that the tragedy was the second of such dastardly acts that happened in the community in the last few months.
Crisis began in the community as soon as the late monarch, who was from the Ake dynasty, was chosen as the traditional ruler of the community, but the Owu people allegedly insisted that anybody from Ake would not be their king.
Confirming the incident, one of the late monarch’s sisters, Chief (Mrs) Adenike Akintade, lamented the heartless killing of the traditional ruler and his aides, adding that the same people recently killed a younger brother of the late monarch.
“I had just been discharged from hospital early this morning, only to start mourning the brutal assassination of my brother.
