[Mhiz Rebecca]

An Osun State Chief Magistrate Court has issued a
warrant of arrest against a first class traditional
ruler in the state, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba
Abdulrasheed Akanbi after he failed to show up in
court to defend allegations against him.
Oluwo of Iwo-Oke, Oba Kadiri Adeoye had
approached the Magistrate Court accusing the
Oluwo of Iwo of concealing some facts about his
past to the state government when he was installed
as a first class monarch about a year ago.
Oluwo-Oke in a 33-paragraph affidavit said Oba
Akanbi’s character did not befit a person of his
status and calibre as he was used to carrying
armed thugs, miscreants and hoodlums around to
harass, intimidate, molest and attack persons
whom he perceived as his enemies.
He further alleged that Oba Akanbi forged his name
to obtain travelling documents to the United States
where he was jailed in New York City and deported
to Nigeria in year 2000.
He added that Oba Akanbi later travelled out with
his real name to Canada in 2001 and became a
Canadian citizen but was also arrested in Toronto
and was in jail between 2006 and 2007.
“These facts were concealed for the state
government which appointed and installed him as
the Oluwo of Iwo,” the suit read.
He also accused him of presently making money
through the internet fraud otherwise known as
“Yahoo Yahoo” and was using his palace as a
cover-up.
But Oba Akanbi reacted to these allegations in a 13
paragraph affidavits through the Aremo of Iwo land,
Mr Adelani Akanbi, describing the application filed
against the Oluwo of Iwoby Oba Adeoye as
“scandalous, vexations and designed to embarrass,
blackmail and ridicule the monarch in the view of
right thinking members of the society”.