Oba Ogboni Agbaye, leader of Ogboni worldwide, Oba Abdullah Adetoyese Olakisan has died alongside two others in a road accident yesterday, April 3, along the Ila/Edemonsi/Imesi-Ile Road while on a mission to rescue his two wives and others from kidnappers.
The kidnappers were said to have attacked his residence in the early hours of yesterday and took away two of his wives.
It was gathered that Oba Olakisan, the officer-in-charge of Imesi-Ile police post and a female occupant were traveling in the vehicle searching for the kidnapped victims when the accident occurred.
Acting on the information given by one of the suspects, the traditionalist, the police officer and the woman, went after the kidnappers towards Ila but were involved in the accident while returning to Imesi-Ile.
The Osun State Police Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident.
She said that the Command had commenced a search and rescue operation to free the victims.
“The Ogboni leader, the Police OC Imesi-Ile and a woman were inside his (Olakisan’s) car coming back to Imesi after reaching Ila, searching for his wives that were abducted, when they had an accident.
“The vehicle ran into a tree. It was a lone accident. They were rushed to a hospital, but eventually they all died. Our men are inside the bush to continue the search and rescue mission.”
The Command had, on Sunday, announced that it rescued a female victim of a kidnapped incident which occurred along the Osogbo-Ikirun Road on Friday.
Source: Dailypost
