By
Niyi Isamotu
Its no more news that their was an attempted kidnap case in the
ancient city of Iwo two days back which prove abortive, likewise
informing you of the crisis that ensued afterwards is of little
relevance again but its of necessity we set the record straight in
order to informed the uninformed public of the actual accounts of the
whole crisis and refute the misgivings and falsehood been spread by
mischievous elements with substantiated facts.
How It Started!
According to an eyewitness, a woman was said to have seen a child of
her friend walking with an unknown woman, she called the child's name
like four times consecutively with no response from the kid and this
prompted her to raise an alarm of a possible kidnap scenario.
The suspect was arrested by the mob who swing into action after the
alarm raised by the woman and took the suspect to the palace for the
next line of action.
What Happened At The Palace! How Crisis Set In!
The kidnap attempt took place at an area with close proximity to the
market square and the fact that the community had been witnessing an
upsurge in Kidnapping cases in recent times make the news spread
around the town like a wildfire, and within the twinkle of an eye the
palace was already fill up with people anxious to see one of the
kidnappers terrorising the communities in recent times.
Kabiesi had started addressing his subjects with rapt attention from
the people, but problem started when the people sighted the police
convoy coming in to the palace, they were all of the opinion the
Police can never trusted to drive the case to logical end owning to
past experiences where police haven't really live up to expectations
in similar scenario.
As if they've all agree to a plan to deal with the Police, people
started throwing stones at the Police convoy and stop them from
entering the palace, this prompted the Police to start shooting 'tear
gas' but this didn't deter the people, they continue with their
barrage of stone throwing at the Police officers which got some of
them fatally injured.
Where Shooting Comes In!
The stone hurling continued unabated and got worse when they sighted
the Divisional Police Officer(DPO), and as expected his officers will
want to rescue their superior out of the scene, that was where the
shooting occur, though the officers wish to shoot to the air to scare
the people away as an escape plan, but the barrage of stones was so
much that an officer had pull the trigger which hit one of the
protesters before he could point his gun to the air and that was how a
minor protest became a full blown crisis.
In order to retaliate and vent their anger at what Police had done,
the people start stoning the Armoured Personal Carrier(APC) of the
Police that had find its way to the palace premises including making
bonfires at the Palace entrance to prevent the (APC) from moving out
of the Palace but this was hijacked by miscreants who were sponsored
by known and unknown personalities.
Their were examples of people/families who lose out in chieftaincy
tussle using the occasion to blackmail the King.
Their were cases of some people who were acting like a mediator to
calm fray nerves but were still the one giving the miscreants money to
buy petrol/kerosene to make bonfires.
I personally had an altercation on the day with a so called Prince
from a Royal household(name witheld) for blackmailing and spreading
rumours of what did not happen in order to score a cheap goal against
the King even though he knew the actual picture of things.
Other factors include joblessness of some people and prevailing hunger
in the society, with the set of people using the opportunity show
their grievances at the fate that had befallen them.
Where People Got It Wrong!
I will wish to share the submission of a comrade, Barr Jega while
discussing the issue on FILSU WhatsApp platform, he said
"we are not in bronze age when Pharaoh will take judgement on his own,
this is 21st century.
Let just imagine what people in another states will say that the king
handover the kidnapper to the people to be lynched, its absurd.
Looking at it professionally; how are we going to get the fact about
those behind the evil act if the woman was killed?
Looking at it from religion aspect- the bible says "thy shall not judge"
Looking at it from socialist idea- killing the woman is not the best
for now and Nigeria constitution do not give anyone the chance to kill
the woman, mind you, "you are not yet a criminal, until court
pronounced you to be one."
Questions Begging For Answer?
If the mob had knew the judgement the woman deserve is for her to be
lynched, why was she brought to the palace?
If they knew they won't trust OLUWO judgement on the issue, why was
the woman taken to the palace?
Has the stone throwing, bonfires and destruction of the palace brought
their desired result?
If the late Oba Ashiru Tadese (Ariwajoye) wasn't blamed for the
'Taawun and Egungun' clash in 2006, why should Oba Adewale Akanbi be
blamed for what happened on monday?
If the Olubadan of Ibadan was never blamed for different kidnapping
case in Ibadan in recent time, why should such be tagged with Oba
Adewale Akanbi reign?
If a traditional ruler in Lagos state(a metropolitan city) was just
released few days back after being kidnapped for 21 days, why are the
mischief makers projecting to the public as if kidnapping is only
prevalent at Iwo?
Its high time those who are standing as the biblical TOBIAH&SANBALLAT
on the way of our NEHEMAIAH leave the way or be crushed because our
JERUSALEM will definitely be rebuild.
My Charge To Oluwo!
I will urge our Kabiesi not to worry about the destructive elements
because "Worrying is a waste of time. It doesn't change anything. It
messes with your mind and steals your happiness"
Oba Adewale should remember unease lies the head that wears the crown
and Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what
makes life meaningful, he should kind kindly forge ahead with his
progressive and developmental strides because "never a man who lived a
life of ease left a name worth remembering."
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