The Egba Traditional Council has suspended the Olu of Obafe in the Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Taofeek Owolabi, for six months over allegations of land grabbing levelled against him by the Agboro Olatunde Community Development Association
The suspension was contained in a letter dated December 13, 2024, signed by the Alake of Egbaland and President of the Egba Traditional Council, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, and obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday.
The council disclosed that Oba Owolabi’s suspension followed his failure to honour invitations from both the Ogun State House of Assembly and the council’s Ethical Committee to address the allegations.
The suspension, effective immediately, bars Oba Owolabi from attending government functions or presenting himself publicly as the Olu of Obafe. The monarch will also forfeit all entitlements, including his salary, for the duration of the six-month suspension.
The letter further notified the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ganiyu Hamzat, of the council’s resolution.
The letter warned that Oba Owolabi must refrain from attending government functions or parading himself publicly as the Olu of Obafe during the suspension period.
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