Traditional rulers seek Govt's permission to secure their domain after LASU student was murdered

Following the gruesome murder of a final year student of Lagos State University (LASU), Favour Daley-Oladele, Oba Yisau Oyetunji Otunla, the Olukoyi of Ikoyiland in Isokan Local Government Area of Osun State has requested for empowering of the local securities from the government.

Oba Oyetunji said that such a horrible incident could have been prevented if traditional rulers are empowered by the government to manage the security of their territory.

According to WuzupNigeria, the Oba called on the government to enact a law that would mandate potential residents of an area to first appear before the traditional ruler of such a community for screening.

Recall that MyNigeria reported the killing of Daley-Oladele, 22, who was lured to a Cherubim & Seraphim Church at Ikoyi-Ile where her boyfriend, Owolabi Adeeko, 23, confessed he used a pestle to smash her head.

He further confessed that her organs were removed fand used to make a concoction for money rituals.

Oba Oyetunji, during an interview, said: “If we are empowered to secure our territory, this may not have happened. Government. If it can be mandated by a law or an act that anyone who wants to reside in an area must first appear at the palace of a traditional ruler for screening, including the landlord, that will curb happenings like this one in Ikoyi,” the monarch said.

“If we adopt such strategy, monarchs will know those living in their domains. With that, it will be difficult for anyone to perpetrate evil as such could be easily detected by royal fathers and people working with them. With the current system of government that concentrates powers in the hands of government, people can do anything they like.”

Otunla added that after visiting the place, what he saw in the thick forest where the supposed church is located is a shrine and not a Christian worship center.

“I went there yesterday (Monday). I did not go alone. I went with my chiefs. Some journalists and policemen also accompanied us there. I didn’t see the place as a church. I considered it a shrine. It is located inside a thick forest.”

The monarch said after interacting with some residents of the area, he gathered that the pastor Segun Phillips is not an indigene of the town.

“They told me they did not know the man that owned the said ‘church’. From my findings, the self-acclaimed pastor is not an indigene of Ikoyi. The fellow who took the lady to the place, his mother and the victim are also not from Ikoyi. When I also asked how long they have been using the place, I was told it has been up to two years.”