Deposed Akure Monarch Makes First Appearance After Five Years of Banishment (Photos)

 

Following Tuesday's  public appearance of the deposed monarch, Prince Adesina Adepoju, five years after his banishment from the throne by the State government, uneasy calm now pervades Akure, the Ondo State capital.

 

The monarch's first public appearance came after he challenged his dethronement at the State High Court in Akure.  

 

Following Adepoju being deposed, Oba Ogunlade Aladelusi Aladetoyinbo was installed as the new monarch by Governor Olusegun Mimiko.

 

 

It can be recalled that Prince Adepoju was removed by the State government on June 10th, 2010 for allegedly assaulting one of his estranged wives, the late Mrs. Bolanle Adepoju, in public.

 

He was banished to a secluded village in Owo, Owo Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo State ‎over the offence.

 

 

Olalekan Ojo, counsel to the deposed Deji, at a court hearing on Tuesday, explained to the court that his client has a right to the Deji's throne and claimed that he was wrongly removed by the State government. He sought a court order declaring Prince Adepoju as the Deji of Akure land.

 

Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice Olasehinde Kumuyi, presided over the case and adjourned it until December 8th, 2015.  

 

 

However, there was anxiety among residents as the deposed monarch danced alongside his supporters through the major road of Akure.

 

A crowd of supporters were seen passing messages to motorists and sympathizers announcing that the banishment of deposed Deji was lifted by the court and that Prince Adepoju may be re-installed to the throne.

 

 

‎The deposed Deji was immediately driven to his rented hotel where he later received sympathizers.

 

Source: SaharaReporters