Oba Ayinde Odetola, the Alagodo of Agodo in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, has been killed by suspected hoodlums.
Gatekeepers News reports that the State Police confirmed the incident on Tuesday, saying the traditional leader was killed along with three other persons who were his friends.
They were killed at about 11 am on Sunday, according to the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi.
They were reportedly returning from an outing before they were by attacked the hoodlums. Although it is not clear how the monarch was killed, the other persons were set ablaze.
Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, and the Special Security Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Olusola Subair, have visited the town for an on-the-spot assessment.
The whole town, according to the spokesman, was deserted as of the time of the visit, adding that the police commissioner has directed that the Homicide Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department of the command commence an investigation into the killing.
It was gathered that there had been a tussle over the chieftaincy title of Alagodo between the people of Ake and Owu in Egbaland.
