Abdul-Lateef Adeniran Akanni

“The Chairman of the Commission, Justice Oluwatosin Elizabeth Osinuga, adjourned sitting till Tuesday, adding that the video footage that captured the graphic attack on the Oba as submitted before the commission would be played in the court on Tuesday, June 18.”

“The Supreme Court judgment that went in his favour in the contest of the headship of the town did not go down well with his opponent, Prince Muniru Odejide and his supporters who had earlier challenged his nomination and approval by his family, Idobarun Ruling House, at a meeting convened on the 8th of April 1993.”

“Suffice to say that the same treatment was melted out to my driver who only regained consciousness at the Ado-odo Divisional Police Station.”

“These hoodlums after beating me and stripped me naked proceeded to the palace where all the cars parked in the compound were set ablaze. My family was physically attacked, in fact, my first wife, Alhaja Fausat Adebisi Akanni was assaulted, stripped naked and they even attempted to rape her and was only saved by the arrival of the contingent of Nigerian Army sent to douse the tension.”