Ogun monarch’s son allegedly hires cultists to kill father

According to the Ogun State Police command, the son of an Ogun traditional ruler paid followers of the Eiye sect to murder his father.

The home of Oba G.O Olukunle, the traditional head of Gbokoto in Ogun’s Yewa North Local Government Area, reportedly came under gunfire on Sunday.
Following the monarch’s distress call, the Police quickly engaged the cultists and detained six of them.

SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Command’s public relations officer, reported that the gunmen admitted to being Eiye cult members and that the King’s son had employed them.

Hammed Jelili, Michael Ayodele, Monday Samuel, Ademola Matthew, Ogundele Ojeh, and Sunkanmi Fadina are the suspects that were taken into custody. The son of the king is currently missing.

“Policemen engaged them in a shootout and eventually subdued the cultists and got six among them arrested.

“They also informed the police that it was the son of the Oba who is now at large that invited them to come and eliminate his father because of an unresolved issue the Oba has been having with his mother,” the PPRO said.

According to Oyeyemi, a locally-made double-barrelled pistol, two live cartridges and one expended cartridge were recovered from the culprits.

He said the fugitive son of the monarch in question was in possession of another gun belonging to the group.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the six arrested culprits to the State CIID in Eleweran, Abeokuta.

Bankole also ordered the police to go after the fleeing son of the traditional ruler.