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Oluwadare Adepoju
Adesina the Deji of Akure land, on Sunday evening physically assaulted
one of his wives in a free for all in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

Oba Adesina, accompanied by his latest wife, Remi Adesina, descended on Olori Bolanle Adesina and inflicted injuries on her.

NEXT gathered that
Olori Bolanle had been ordered out of the palace by the monarch,
following a slight disagreement between the two. The traditional ruler
then invaded the private residence of Olori Bolanle with stern looking
people suspected to be thugs, who gave the hapless woman a thorough
beating.

The incident was
said to have happened around 5.30pm on Sunday when the the Oba, along
with Remi, stormed the residence of the second ‘Olori’ located on 141,
Hospital Road Akure, in an SUV and Toyota starlet.

On sighting the Oba
and his wife, Olori Bolanle sneaked into her room and asked the people
around to tell them she was not around.

But when they could
not see her, the monarch allegedly ordered the stern looking youth that
accompanied him to destroy the building.

NEXT further learnt
that it was at this stage that Bolanle came out of hiding and
challenged the people on the reason why they invaded her house. This
was said to have infuriated Oba Adesina, who directed that a hot
substance should be poured on her.

It was at this
point the younger brother of Olori Bolanle and some passers-by
descended on the Nissan Pathfinder brought to the scene by Oba Adesina.
The vehicle, marked “Deji of Akure”, was seriously damaged by irate
youth, who vowed to deal with him seriously.

In an attempt to
escape being dealt with by the people of the area, the Oba fell into
the drainage along the road and his cap allegedly fell off his head. It
took the quick intervention of the police from the state command to
save him from being lynched by the irate mob.

‘God saved me’

While narrating her ordeal, Olori Bolanle said it was God who saved her life from death.

“I had to block my
face because they wanted to pour the substance on me to deface me. But,
I was lucky to have blocked it with my two hands,” she said.

“Despite the fact
that I was forced out of the palace without the opportunity to take my
belongings, Oba Adesina still came to my house to fight me for unjust
cause. When I noticed that there was nothing I could do, I had to call
the police who responded swiftly to my distress call. It took the
intervention of the police to put the situation under control.” Olori
Bolanle urged security operatives to beef up security around her so
that the monarch would not be able to take her life.

Efforts to speak
with the Akure traditional ruler proved abortive, as he refused to
comment on the issue when contacted on his cell phone.

Oba Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina was on Novemeber 8, 2009 declared
unworthy of the throne and his seat vacant, by the kingmakers in Akure.
He was subsequently barred from the palace. Oba Adesina was also
accused of not completing the traditional rites four years after he
assumed the throne. It took the intervention of the state governor,
Olusegun Mimiko, before the kingmakers could revert their earlier
decision.