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Serious tension now mounts in Modakeke, a community in Osun State as a non indigene, allegedly claimed to be the traditional ruler of a settlement under the town.
To this end, a pressure group, Yoruba Socio-cultural Pathfinder (YSP) has called on prominent traditional rulers in Yoruba land to investigate and sanction an individual, Adeyinka Adesina Obawale, who is parading himself as a traditional ruler in Modakeke.
Besides, the group urged the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun to investigate the actions of Obawale with a view to calling him to order.
The group alleged that Obawale, who lives in Modakeke, is using a fake identity to cause crisis, disharmony and disturbance of public peace in Modakeke.
The President of the group, Bashorun Ige Ogunjobi in a statement made available to our correspondent, said it is awkward and disheartening that the Yoruba nation, where things were done accordingly in the past, is now sliding into an enclave devoid of laws and conventions.
Ogunjobi said,”We have been following with utter dismay how one Adeyinka Adeshina Obawale, who has been fraudulently addressing himself as ‘Oba Adeyinka Adeshina Obawale, the Oluoje of Ojenpetu’, has been disturbing the peace of Modakeke with the group of his cohorts he came with from Kogi State to establish a town where he addresses himself as a crowned king.
“It is our resolve that it would be necessary for the IGP and other statutory security services to show immediate interest in the nefarious activities of this self-acclaimed monarch, who professed to be a native of Ipetumodu in Ife-North Local Government of the state, but migrated to settle down with a group of people from Kogi State.
“A patriotic person shouldn’t be told that it is a disservice to the nation for anyone or a group of people to be promoting crisis in any part of the nation, when it is apparent that the governments at all levels have been trying all possible means to ensure the security of lives and property of Nigerian people.
“The police in their investigation of the disturbance of the public peace against the self-crowned ‘Ojenpetu’ should find out when, where and who crowned Obawale a monarch.
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“It will also interest the people and the security services to find out if it is a norm in this century for a group of people in Yoruba land to invade a community from another state and appoint another monarch where there’s already a traditional ruler.
“Will it not amount to a dereliction of traditional duty at the grassroots level for a traditional ruler to have become a harbinger of a set of people from another state that do not have any history of having been profiled by the security services against being fugitives to justice?
“Since the purported Ojenpetu has professed to have been a native of Ipetumodu in one of his recorded video recordings that has gone viral, why did he not choose his hometown to foment crisis instead of Modakeke, which he invaded with his fake crown and the retinue of his cohorts from Kogi State?
“If Obawale thinks he can make Modakeke a battleground in Yoruba land from where he can be disturbing the peace of the South West geo-political zone, he is making a great mistake.
“We have also listened to some unprintable adjectives that Obawale used on His Royal Majesty, the Ogunsua of Modakeke, Oba Olu Toriola, which is an indication that he doesn’t have respect for traditional institutions.
“If the fake Ojenpetu is replete with traditional wisdom, it shouldn’t be difficult for him to know that any insolence from him to the Ogunsua, is an insult to all the sons and daughters of Modakeke.
But when contacted, Obawale denied any involvement in the disturbance of the peace of Modakeke community, saying that it was the community that waged war against him.
He alleged that some hoodlums had on May 3, 2025, invaded his house, shot at him and destroyed his property, but he was rescued by police officers.
He said: “I am not disturbing the peace of Modakeke community. It is the community that wages war against me. It was in my rented apartment that the Modakeke people wrote a petition against the monarch,who accommodated us, calling us Fulani people.
“On May 3, some hoodlums came to shoot at me and destroyed my property. I was rescued by some police officers that day and since then, I have left Modakeke. I don’t know the reason for that, and the matter is before the Commissioner of Police. They have been invited ,but they are yet to show face,” he stated.
