A Crown Prince from the Abioye Ruling House, Awo in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State, Prince Abubakar Adeniyi, has dragged the five alleged illegal nominees for the replacement of dead kingmakers in the forthcoming selection process of new Alawo of Awo before the authorities of Nigeria Police Force and Department of State Security (DSS).

Prince Adeniyi disclosed that their appointment contravened section 24 subsection 6 of the State Chiefs Law adding that if they allowed illegal appointment to sustain, it might bring about the breakdown of law and order and thus breach the peaceful co-existence among the good people of the ancient town.

He listed the names of the alleged illegal warrant chiefs as Memunat Oladepo (nee Adesola), Hassan Adeyemi, Mohammadu Alimi, Muyideen Oladejo and Jimoh Adisa.

He disclosed that the Police had begun the investigation of the individuals to unravel their true identity if they hailed from the family of minor chiefs as stipulated in the Chiefs Law.

In the Petition Letter dated September 14, 2020, Abubakar, through lawyer, Barr Lekan Alabi, stressed that instead of those illegally nominated to be Warrant Chiefs to reject the Greek gift, they accepted to perform the role in the forthcoming selection process of new Alawo illegally.

According to him, two wrongs could never make a right and it was this reason that he took the bull by the horns to report to appropriate security authorities for proper investigation of the criminal aspect of the issue, for possible prosecution of the aforementioned set of people.

He had earlier reported the illegality of the Egbedore Local Government boss, Mr. Olayiwola Abiola Lamby in recommending the said Warrant Chiefs to the State Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, where he warned Mr. Lamby not to set the ancient town on fire.

He urged the Governor to call for a meeting of the stakeholders and proper investigation of the development.

He stated that Mr. Lamby had mislead the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Barr Femi Akande, to approve the illegally selected five nominees as Warrant Chiefs which was picked by one of the contestants for the Alawo stool, Taiwo Adegboye, an outgoing leader of the legislative arm of the Local Government area of the State.

Abubakar, who is of Akanfe Adeniyi’s extraction of Abioye Ruling House, maintained that no law gave Secretary or Chairman of the Council as case might be, not to follow due process of law in appointing the Warrant Chiefs in the selection process of new monarch in the State.

He further stressed that the action of Mr. Lamby negates the sanctity of justice, equity, fair play and transparency, saying that it is ungodly and satanic for Lamby to allow a player in a match to appoint a referee, adding that one of the kingmakers and Jagun of Awoland, Chief Saka Adesola, had recently publicly declared that the two living kingmakers were not aware of any purported appointment of Warrant Chiefs and not to talk of electing new monarch.

Abubakar insisted that Lamby had contravened sections 14,15, 22, 23 & 24 of Chiefs Law Cap 25 in selecting the Warrant Chiefs and the long hand of the law should catch up with those who were supposed to reject the illegitimate errand but failed to do so.

He therefore urged the appropriate concern security agents to investigate the matter without fear or favour by seeing the matter as crime ignore was a crime and this matter should be treated as such.