Ogun Monarch Allegedly Blinds Trader For Dancing With His Queen
A trader, Wasiu Oduwole, has demanded justice after a traditional ruler,
Nureni Oduwaye, allegedly kicked his eye at the Moore Blessing Hotel, Ikenne,
in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The victim
claimed he could no longer see with the eye.
Punch Metro gathered
that Oduwaye perpetrated the act after allegedly accusing Wasiu of dancing
with his queen during a birthday celebration at the hotel.
The
monarch, his queen, alongside other guests, were said to have been invited by
the celebrant, identified simply as Iya Alaje.
Before the
celebration commenced, Wasiu told Punch correspondent that the owner of the
hotel, Yakub Omobolanle, contracted him to prepare 14 plates of catfish pepper
soup for the guests.
The trader said he had visited the hotel to
commence preparation when he realized that the ingredients for the pepper soup
were not enough.
“So, I decided to manage the ingredients because
the distance of the hotel to the market is far. We were serving the guests
when the owner of the hotel and the celebrant approached me and said the
guests were complaining that the pepper soup was not well-nourished.
“I told him it wasn’t my fault and that the ingredients were not
enough. After I was done with the cooking, I went into the bar, met the owner
of the hotel, the celebrant, Iya Alaje, her husband, and a woman, who I never
knew was a queen. I started apologizing to them and I was told not to
worry.
“The celebration was ongoing when the monarch, Nureni
Oduwaye, entered. The deejay was playing and everyone was dancing. I was
surprised as the celebrant and the queen were singing secular music.
I commended them because people of their age and status don’t
usually like secular music, let alone knowing the lyrics,” Wasiu said.
The Ogun State indigene said suddenly, the monarch asked him to
identify himself and he said he was the younger brother of the owner of the
hotel.
He claimed that the Oduwaye angrily left for his car,
adding that the hotel owner and the husband of the celebrant ran after him,
but Iya Alaje’s husband returned and instructed him to apologise to the
monarch.
Wasiu said, “The queen was even asking what I did wrong
but for the sake of peace, I went to apologise to him. When I got to where he
was, I started begging him. I told him I was informed that he was annoyed
because I was dancing with his queen and said I did not dance with her.
“As I was attempting to lie down to continue begging, he used his
leg to kick my left eye. The injury in my eye was so severe that I was rushed
to a nearby hospital from where I was transferred to the Olabisi Onabanjo
University Teaching Hospital.
“The monarch only checked on me once
and as I am speaking to you, I can no longer see with my left eye. I am blind
in my left eye. The case was reported at the Area Command, Sagamu, but nothing
was done because the police refused to carry out an investigation. The
incident happened on September 21, 2022; I want justice.”
Wasiu’s
mother, Shakirat, accused the Sagamu Area Commander of attempting to sweep the
case under the carpet, adding that the monarch was using his influence to
prevent justice.
She said, “When I saw my son in the hospital, I almost fainted. I was advised
to report the case to the Area Commander, Sagamu, and when we got there, I was
crying and explaining to him, but he said we would have to settle the case.
“He said he is the son of a king and the person responsible for my
son’s condition is also a king and for that reason, we have to settle the
case. I am speaking up because I want justice for my son; the police have
refused to carry out any investigation.”
The owner of the hotel,
who confirmed the attack on Wasiu, said the monarch had been acting
unremorseful.
Omobolanle said, “When I was told that the monarch
became angry because Wasiu was dancing with his queen, I had to tell him that
I was the one who invited Wasiu to prepare the catfish and that he does not
know his queen. He was just acting annoyed. The husband of the celebrant told
Wasiu to beg the monarch and it was in the process of begging that the monarch
kicked his eye.
“I was the one that rushed him to a hospital and
paid the hospital bill. I have been told that Wasiu no longer sees with the
eye.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola
Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident.
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