By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo
A monarch in Osun State, Oba Mukaila Adebisi, has petitioned the Nigeria Police Force to investigate an attempt by some individuals to force demotion using forged government document.
Oba Adebisi, the Oloke of Okeolooru, who was recently promoted to a part 2 chief by Governor Ademola Adeleke after approval of the State Executive Council, alleged that some persons within the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs colluded with some traditional rulers in Boluwaduro local government area of the state to cause his demotion.
A petition written by his counsel, Daud Akinloye, addressed to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone XI in Osogbo and dated November 4, 2025, stated that said forged document was produced to force government reverse his promotion.
According to him, the conspiracy has further led to threats to his life, intimidation, and acts capable of breaching public peace within the community.
On the 15th day of September, 2025 after successfully completed the procedure highlighted under the Chief’s Law, of Osun State, 2002 to/be promoted to Part Il Chieftain, the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affair based on the approval of the Government of Osun State at the Executive Council Meeting of the Friday, 12th day of September, 2025.
“That while on the 16th day of September, 2025, our clients was presented with Staff of Office at the Ministry of Local Government for the appointment to be publicly celebrated and appreciated. While the appointment was sent to Ministry of Information and was gazetted on the 17th day of September, 2025.
“That based the rumour received on the 23rd day of September, 2025 that a traditional ruler within the domain was jubilating that Our Clients’ appointment and elevation has been set-aside, Our Clients promptly wrote a letter dated the 23rd day of September, 2025 to caution and restrain the officials of the Ministry of Local Government from during acts in violation of the Chief’s Law of Osun State and Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, [As Amended] in attending to complaint that might have arising from the appointment and elevation of our clients.
“By this letter, the rumour was confirmed that the Government of Osun State is determined to unscrupulously but illegally set-aside the appointment and elevation of our clients and would stop at nothing in this unholy determination. Our Clients thereby engaged the services of Messrs Daud Akinloye to enforce the fundamental right of our clients to fair-hearing before the appointment and elevation could be properly set-aside under Section 20[3] of Chief’s Law of Osun State.
“We therefore based on the above facts chronicled request your good offices to deplore your officers and launch a thorough investigations into the matter with a view to find and bring the culprit to book on the alleged offence as between some officials and staffs of Osun State Government conspiring with a traditional ruler occasioning threat to life of our clients, intimidation, conduct likely to cause the breach of peace in Ikifin community, conspiracy to forge and impersonate the decision extract of the Executive Council of Osun State Government under the able leadership of Mr. Governor [His Excellency, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke] to unscrupulously, fraudulently and illegally remove our clients from office under the Chief’s Law of Osun State, Criminal Codes and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 [As Amended] with complete disregard to natural justice, and rule of law to reverse the appointment of Our Clients”, the petition added.
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