Written by Yinka Oladoyinbo Friday, 04 June 2010
THE embattled Deji of Akure, Oba Oluwadare Adesina, on Thursday, broke his silence on his involvement in a street fight with one of his wives, Bolanle, accusing her of infidelity and being a psychiatric patient.
Adesina also accused his estranged wife of being unreliable and a pathological liar who always fought with other occupants of the palace, adding that she had been impersonating him to dupe governors of huge sums of money.
The monarch, in a statement personally signed by him, alleged that the event of Sunday was meant to be a traditional rite to formally remove her as an Olori and to stop her from dressing as one.
According to him, the development angered her, because she did not want to be stripped of her status and resorted to vandalising his vehicle.
“Miss Bolanle Fadeyi was an Olori until about nine months ago. During the relationship, she proved to be unreliable, unfaithful and a pathological liar. She is wild, very promiscuous and engages in physical fights with every resident in the palace. She is a terror and became an embarrassment to the royal house of the Deji of Akure.
“The final straw was the termination of six months pregnancy as she was not sure of its paternity and that of her two other children for that matter. Consequently, she left, claiming that she wanted to live outside the palace as the rules and regulations were too stringent for her,” the statement read.
Adesina added that his estranged wife had continued to parade herself as an olori to the extent of defrauding people, including state governors, of money, claiming that he (Adesina) sent her.
The monarch said the accounts of the incident, as presented by Bolanle, were not correct as she was mentally ill.
Meanwhile, the Ondo State Council of Obas, on Thursday, suspended Oba Adesina from the council, following the alleged shameful street fight that he was involved in on Sunday.
The chairman of the council, the Olowo of Owo, Oba Folagbade Olateru-Olagbegi, while condemning the act, also dissociated the council from it.
According to a statement signed by the chairman after the meeting of the chieftaincy committee of the council, the decision to suspend Adesina from the council was taken after the examination of the available evidences.
Olateru-Olagbegi said the committee examined all available evidence and materials on the issue, including reports from newspapers, petition written to the council, the press releases from the Deji and other independent investigations on the issue.
The council observed that the incident was an unfortunate one, adding that such incident was strange to the sacred and exalted royal stools in the state.
Also, the Lisa of Akure, High Chief Folorunso David, has said that the days of Oba Adesina were numbered in the palace.
Reacting to an allegation by the embattled monarch that he (Lisa) connived with Olori Bolanle to wage a press war against him, David challenged the monarch to address issues at hand rather than attacking personality.
High Chief David said the monarch was talking rubbish, as he had failed to justify his conduct, which was an abomination in the culture and tradition of the town.
Meanwhile, the state police command, on Thursday, said the case involving Oba Adesina was a criminal case and was being investigated by the command.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Alhaji Adeniran Aremu, in a statement, said the state commissioner of police had set up a team which had already submitted its interim report on the incident.
The command, however, said it had uncovered a plot by some dissidents to foment trouble in Akure, warning that those planning to cause breach of public peace or protest in respect of the incident should refrain from doing so.
Also, the Ondo State government has said that it was disturbed by the public outcry that greeted the event from within and outside the state.
The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Sule Akinsuyi, however, said the government was still studying the situation, as appropriate authorities were compiling their findings.
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