The embattled Regent of Ilasa-Ekiti, Princess Jolaade Onipede, has
cried out over alleged attack on Alasa Palace by suspected agents of
government, claiming that some ancestral materials, including the crown
of his late father, were looted during the raid.
Controversy
ensued as Ekiti State government announced the appointment of Chief Mrs
Comfort Dayo Idowu as substantive Regent of Ilasa Community, thereby
derecognising the former occupant, Princess Onipede.
Onipede was installed on Tuesday [Oct. 30], while her challenger was installed the next day.
But
Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Funminiyi Afuye, has denied
the raid charge, saying the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is behind the
allegation.
Narrating her ordeal, Onipede explained that she was
about hosting some youth groups in the community when suddenly hoodlums
led by certain aide of the governor and council chairman unleashed
mayhem on the palace.
Although, Onipede said the assailants did
not hurt her, she however described the invasion as not only unexpected,
but uncivilised.
The embattled Regent spoke of how the police
orderly attached to the palace was allegedly manhandled and brutalised,
as the thugs ransacked the palace, looting personal effect of the late
monarch and his widows.
Onipede, currently serving in Republic of
Congo as an Ambassador, is the daughter of late Oba Abel Ajibola, who
reigned for 63 years and six months in the community.
Ekiti State
PDP Chairman, Makanjuola Ogundipe said the party had petitioned the
Inspector General of Police over the incident. Ogundipe equally
condemned the state government for dabbling into the issue of Regency of
Ilasa Ekiti.
”The appointment of a Regent of a town is the primary responsibility of the kingmakers and not that of government”, he declared.
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