Alawo stool: Newly appointed Osun monarch,4 LG officials ,1 other to face prosecution over alleged forgery, perjury
The newly appointed Alawo of Awo, Prince Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye,
four (4) officials of Egbedore Local Government area of Osun State and
one Prince Hamzat Abidoye Gboyelade,the Secretary of Abioye Ruling
House/Compound, Awo, to face prosecution over an alleged forgery and
perjury of official selection documents relating to the filling of the
vacant stool of Alawo after the reign and death of Oba Musa
Olatunbosun Adebayo from Akinsilo Ruling/ House Compound,Awo.
This is just as men of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the
Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Zone XI, Osogbo, have begun the
investigation into the alleged official forgery and perjury scandal of
selection documents relating to the appointment of new Alawo by
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola.
However, a human rights organization, the Centre for Human Rights and
Social Justice (CHRSJ) has reported the said forgery and perjury
scandal to the Police on behalf of Awo Crown Prince, Abubakar Adeniyi,
calling for thorough and unbiased investigation through a Petition
Letter dated September 10th, 2021.
The group had earlier raised an alarm over a purported and illegal
pronouncement and approval of alleged serial forger, Prince Taiwo
Adegboye with fake and forged selection documents as new Alawo of Awo
on Monday 13th of September, 2021, by Governor Oyetola.
The Petition Letter was signed by CHRSJ’s Assistant General
Secretary(AGS), Pastor Michael Agaasi, called for immediate arrest of
the then Prince(now Oba?) Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye and Prince Hamzat
Abidoye Gboyelade with four (4) officials of the Local Government for
being alleged to have perpetrated the forgery and perjury selection
documents that mislead the State Government under the leadership of
Governor Oyetola, to crown Taiwo Adegboye as king (Monarch) through
fraudulent means.
The four Local Government officials indicted in the saga were; the
Council Manager, Egbedore Local Government,Awo, Mrs. Abiola Felicia
Olabimtan, the Head of Administration,Mrs M.A. Akinade, Senior
Administrative Officer 1(SAO 1), Mrs. Aina Adelu and Administrative
Officer II, Mr. Adiyeloja.
CHRSJ described their action as illegal, unconstitutional, unlawful,
anathema, untraditional, uncultured, abomination and crime against God
and humanity, adding that such an action should not be allowed to
stand in a sane society.
The said Petition Letter was forwarded to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola,
his Deputy, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Director-General,
Department of State Security (DSS), Assistant Inspector General of
Police (AIG) in charge of Zone(XI), Osun State Commissioner of
Police(CP), State Director, Department of State Security
Service(SSS),Chairman, National Judicial Council (NJC) and other
concern authorities with international communities and copies were
made available to newsmen at the weekend, explained that it was
because of allegations of forgery and perjury of selection documents
lead to the purported crowning of Taiwo Adegboye as monarch in the
midnight of 13th to 14th of September,2021.
While the Police invited the complainant, Prince Abubakar Adeniyi, to
obtain his statement and for adoption of the Petition which supported
by 15 paragraph Court Affidavit of Affirmation, the Investigation
Police Officer (IPO), maintained that the Police would carry out their
investigation on the matter without fear or favour because they are to
ensure justice for the parties in the matter.
Prince Adeniyi alleged that every documents relating to the process of
selecting new Alawo of Awo in favour of Prince Taiwo Adegboye were
fake, forged and perjury, urging the Police to conduct credible
investigation into the burning issue, calling for immediate
prosecution of the culprits at the Court of Law after investigation in
order to serve as deterrent to others that might have the same mind of
criminal tendency.
The petition letter reads in part; ” Prince Abubakar Adeniyi informed
the human rights organization (CHRSJ) that it would not be augur well
for an alleged serial forger, Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye to become a
King of an ancient town of Awo that has produced Captains of industry,
seasoned Public Servants, renowned human rights activist, astatute
politicians-presently having an House of Representatives member at the
Green Chamber, Abuja and those that have excelled in their various
fields of human endeavour.
“Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye and his cohorts began their forgery
methodology from the so called purported/kangaroo Minute of Selection
Meeting of Abioye Ruling House/ Compound, Awo, dated 24st (th) August,
2020, where some Egbedore Local Government officials claimed to have
be an observers without showing any evidence of ‘Video Clip’ of where
the sons and daughters of Abioye Ruling House/Compound, Awo, meet to
select Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye as their candidate for Alawo stool.
“But investigation revealed that Abioye Ruling House under the
Headship of Alhaji (Prince) Abdulkareem Adegboye did not call any
meeting anywhere whatsoever on the acclaimed date of 24st (th) August,
2020, in respect of filling the vacant stool of Alawo and not to talk
of selecting any Crown Prince out of their two Crown Prince(s), Prince
Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman and Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye that obtained
Expression of Interest Form from Egbedore Local Government, Awo.
“It has been cleared that Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye and his co-
travelers cooked the so-called Abioye Ruling House/Compound,
Awo,Minute of purported/kangaroo Selection Meeting of 24st(th) August,
2020,with the show evidence of different thumb printing impressions
and signatures of the Head of Abioye Ruling House/Compound, Awo and
Secretary, Alhaji (Prince) Abdulkareem Adegboye and Alhaji(Prince)
Abidoye Hamzat Gboyelade or Prince (Hamzat) Abidoye or Hamsat Abidoye
respectively, in Taiwo’s Expression of Interest Form with(
N0:000000114).”
The letter further stated that, ” Also,Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye went
ahead again to forge the thumb-printing impression and signature of
Head of Abioye Ruling House/Compound, Alhaji (Prince) Abdulkareem
Adegboye and that of the Secretary, Prince(Alhaji) Hamzat Abidoye or
Alhaji(Prince) Abidoye Hamzat Gboyelade or Hamsat Abidoye
respectively, in the purported Minute of Selection Meeting of Abioye
Ruling House/Compound, Awo and used it as exhibit (B03) in a case with
suit N0:(HED/26/2020), before the High Court of Justice sitting in
Ede.
” It was discovered that Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye’s Notice of Appeal
as it contained in his Bond to Prosecute Appeal N0: CA/AK/58m/2021 on
suit N0:HOS/84/2021and Taiwo’s Expression of Interest Form with N0:
000000114-page exhibit (5b) were of the same signature of Hamsat
Abidoye as Surety and that of Alhaji (Prince) Abidoye Hamzat Gboyelade
with different thumb-printing impressions of Head of Abioye Ruling
House/Compound, Awo,Alhaji (Prince) Abdulkareem Adegboye.
“Even, in their purported/kangaroo Minute of Selection Meeting, the
Local Government officials who claimed to be an observers,could not
identify the year of Alawo of Awo Chieftaincy Declaration to be used
for Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye’s purported/kangaroo selection as
candidate of Abioye Ruling House/Compound, Awo,for Alawo’s stool.
According to their purported Minute of Selection Meeting of 24st(th)
August, 2020, the four (4) Local Government Officials (observers) were
acted on obsolete (1957) Alawo of Awo Chieftaincy Declaration, while
the subsisting (1978) Alawo of Awo Chieftaincy Declaration was in used
since (1978) till date”.
It contended that it has been cleared that Taiwo Abdulrasaq Adegboye
was product of fake, forgery and perjury to ascend the throne of Alawo
of Awo on Monday 13th of September,2021 and by extension, committing
the criminal offence which is punishable under the criminal law of the
land, because only President, Vice President, Governor and Deputy
Governor exempted from criminal prosecution and not investigation
under the section 308 immunity clause of the 1999 Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.
