Nigeria: Youths Protest Against Alleged Imposition of King On Lagos Community

14 September 2017

In a bid to demand the restoration of the right monarch to the throne, a youth coalition within Elete Kingdom in Oto-Awori Local Council Area of Lagos State, has protested against the alleged imposition of Oba Nafiu Dauda Odu-Owoiya on them.

Under the aegis of Elete Youth Community Development Association, the protesters alleged that the kingship tussle between the ruling houses was taken before the Lagos State tribunal, headed by then Justice A.O. Silver, which in 2012, ruled in favour of Lawal as the legal king to the throne. They said the tribunal also recommended that Lawal, who was the Baale of Egan Oromi, be approved and installed as Oba-Elete of Elete land.

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