The Ogun State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution calling on the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Oluwasina Ogungbade, to prosecute the Olu of Obafemi, in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area, Oba Taofeek Kayode Owolabi, in accordance with the provisions of the State Anti-Land Grabbing Law, 2016 and other extant laws.
The Assembly also directed the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and the State Council of Obas to immediately suspend the monarch for perpetrating acts capable of disrupting the peace of the residents of Agboro-Olatunde village and the state at large.
The passage of the resolution followed the presentation of the report of the House Committees on Justice, Ethics and Public Petitions on the petition received from Agboro Olatunde Community Development Association against the monarch.
The petition was presented by the Vice- Chairman of the Committee, Tella Babatunde, who thereafter moved for its adoption. It was seconded by Olusegun Kaka and supported by the whole House through a voice vote.
Consequently, the Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff, later moved the motion converting the Committee’s recommendations into the House resolution, which was seconded by the Minority Leader Lukman Adeleye and supported by the whole House, through a unanimous voice vote
