Few days after two persons including an officer of the civil defense lost their lives in the crisis that erupted in Araromi Owu of Irewole Local Government area of Osun, the newly installed Olu of Araromi-Owu, Oba (Dr.) Olukayode Adeyemi Oremakinde at the weekend charged the state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke to urgently bring the perpetrators of the act to book.
The monarch in a statement in Osogbo, called for arrest and prosecution of masterminds and perpetrators of the deadly attack on Araromi Owu community last Tuesday.
According to him, “The unfortunate event that unfolded after his installation was avoidable, as efforts were made by the Araromi leadership, through several communications (written and verbal) and meetings with relevant authorities, including the commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs and police hierarchy, to prevent the bloody incident.”
Oba Oremakinde stated further that, there have been meetings between the Araromi leadership and the Olowu of Orile-Owu, to this effect; recalling that a day before the unfortunate incident, the Olowu of Orile-Owu was sternly warned by the AIG Zone 11 in a peace meeting held at the Zone 11 Police Command Osogbo last week Monday.
While urging the State Government not to allow those responsible for the loss of lives and properties for the past few days in the community to go scot-free, the monarch called on his subjects and other residents in his domain to remain calm, peaceful and also cooperate with the government and security agents, in their efforts at ensuring that peace and security return to the town.
He specifically thanked the officers of the NSCDC and men of Amotekun corps, who came in the nick of time to rescue his family from being killed by the hired thugs, after walking through the jungle for over three hours, while fleeing from the agents of death, allegedly sponsored by a prominent personality in Orileowu.
