
The traditional ruler was heard insulting and hurling abuses at the elderly man, accusing him of betraying his rulership.
The Nigeria Police Force has finally arraigned a traditional ruler, Olorile of Orile Ifo in Ogun State, Oba Semiu Ogunjobi for assaulting a 73-year-old man, identified as Chief Abraham Areola.
SaharaReporters on Monday reported that the police invited the defendant after a viral video captured one of the monarch’s aides snatching the elderly man’s cap as he knelt disoriented.
Another aide had struck him from behind, despite his polite attempts to ask what he had done wrong.
The traditional ruler was heard insulting and hurling abuses at the elderly man, accusing him of betraying his rulership.
The traditional ruler said: “You are a conspirator and a betrayer. Your children will not succeed. It will never be well with you, your wife and your children. You will continue to live in abject poverty. You will die and you will turn blind. Whoever thinks he is courageous enough should come out to face me. The entire Ifo land belongs to me.”
“I will send you to prison. I own the entire Nigeria Police Force. I will send you to prison. Even if you die, we shall bury you and nothing will happen and nobody will even know,” the traditional ruler threatened.
Giving an update via a statement released on Tuesday morning, the Nigeria Police Force Spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, stated that the defendant had been arraigned and granted bail.
The police said he is being prosecuted for three-count charge on conspiracy and assault.
The police wrote, “The Kabiyesi Abdulsemiu Ogunjobi, who assaulted one elderly man in a viral video, in Ifo Ogun State, has been charged to court today 4th February, 2025, on three-count charge of conspiracy, assault and conduct likely. He was granted bail while the case was adjourned to 06/03/2025. The police will continue to uphold the rule of law and the core values of the noble profession.”
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