Oba of Ogun state beaten to a pulp

The traditional ruler, Oba Lateef Adeniran was attacked and stripped naked in the public by some hoodlums on Monday in his palace Ado-Odo, Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State

According to Vanguard,his palace was also destroyed while his wives  and children escaped being lynched by  rampaging residents  who also burnt down the monarch’s palace  during the  violence  that ensued following a supreme court judgement.
Some aggrieved youths  who did not want the monarch  in the town  launched  the  attack on him  on  his way to Ilaro.
The  attackers  were protesting the validation of his appointment by a Supreme Court judgement delivered in January 12, 2009  allegedly stormed his palace but, did not meet the monarch and  destroyed his cars .

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The monarch was unlucky as they forcibly stopped the jeep conveying him and dragged him out of the vehicle before they started beating him and then striped him naked. Oba Adeniran is currently receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital in Abeokuta, the state capital for the injuries he sustained on his head and other parts of the body.

His wives, children of the monarch and the palace staff were said to have sustained some degrees of injuries during the riot. Confirming the incident, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi said that the police have restored order to the town. Adejobi, a deputy superintendent of police assured that all those involved in the attack on the monarch would be apprehended and brought to book.