Adeleke acts on Osun monarch jailed in US for $4.2million fraud

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo

Following the alleged jailing of Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, by a USA District Court implicit fraud, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has described the concern successful the assemblage arsenic ugly.

It would beryllium recalled that Oloyede was sentenced to 56 months jail-term by Judge Christopher Boyko implicit $4.2million Covid fraud and filing of fake taxation documents.

Meanwhile aft his reported incarceration, Ipetumodu, the office of Ife-North Local Government Area of the authorities has been without a monarch which has raised hostility betwixt the Princes and the kingmakers.

It was gathered that the kingmakers were adamant to commence determination to regenerate the jailed monarch, portion the beaded crown and paraphernalia of bureau were said to beryllium missing.

Findings revealed that immoderate kingmakers were not disposed to replacing the jailed monarch connected the grounds that helium was bully to them and would hold for him to beryllium released, a determination which did not spell good with immoderate members of the community.

However, Adeleke, successful a connection issued by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, aft the State Executive Meeting that lasted till Friday night, described the concern successful the municipality arsenic ugly.

The politician reportedly tasked the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to instrumentality urgent enactment connected the matter.

“The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs should instrumentality enactment connected the disfigured improvement astatine Ipetumodu wherever the king was precocious jailed successful the United States of America”, helium was quoted to person said.

Meanwhile, Aribile ruling location successful the municipality described the governor’s directives arsenic a invited development, saying the assemblage has been waiting for specified enactment to beryllium taken implicit time.

Prince Olaboye Ayoola, who spoke with Sunday Vanguard connected the matter, said “the directive of the politician is successful enactment with the expectations of our radical and we judge it is simply a measurement successful the close direction”.

Meanwhile, the caput of the kingmakers, Chief Sunday Adedeji, said the kingmakers would hold for directive earlier taking further steps.

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