Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi
Ambode on Sunday deposed the suspended Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Chief
Yusuf Ogundare for allegedly faking his abduction.
The incident took place on July 5
along Center for Management Development (CMD) Road in Ikosi-Isheri Local
Council Development Area (LCDA) of the State.
Recall that Ambode a few
days ago suspended Ogundare, moments after he was paraded alongside his
brother, Mohammed Adams by the Lagos State Police Command for conspiring to
fake the alleged kidnap.
In a press release signed by the
State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon Muslim
Folami, the Governor ordered Ogundare to henceforth desist from parading
himself as the Baale of Shangisha or discharge any duties attached to
chieftaincy matters in the State.
Folami, in the statement said:
“This is to inform the general public that His Excellency, Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode has authorized the DEPOSITION AND PROSECUTION by police of Chief Yusuf
Mutiu Ogundare, Baale of Shangisha with immediate effect.
“This is in accordance with Section 38, subsection 1 of the Obas and Chiefs Laws of Lagos State inter-alia “The Governor may suspend or depose any Oba or Chief whether appointed before or after commencement of this law, if he is satisfied that such suspension or deposition is required according to customary law or is necessary in the interest of peace or good government.”
“Furthermore, he (Ogundare) is to stop parading himself, purports to exercise or discharge any of the duties attached to Chieftaincy Matters with immediate effect.”
Folami said the deposition
followed the formal confession of the Baale to security services that he staged
his own kidnap to blackmail the State Government.
State Commissioner of Police, Mr
Fatai Owoseni, while parading the suspects at the Lagos House in Ikeja, had
narrated how they conspired to perfect the fake kidnap, all in a bid to
implicate the Oba of Magodo, as well as rubbish the State Government and
security agencies.
Owoseni said six days after the
incidence, some men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on patrol in Alausa area
at about 10pm apprehended Ogundare after he was dropped in a suspicious manner
by a car which sped off immediately.
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