The immediate suspension of the Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Yusuf Ogundare, for faking his abduction was approved by The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday.
The alleged fake kidnapping took place on July 5 along Centre for
Management Development, CMD, Road in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council
Development Area, LCDA, of the State.
In a memo with reference number OLGAS.83/S./Vol.1 dated July 13,
2017, addressed to the Sole Administrator of Ikosi-Isheri LCDA and
signed by the State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Community
Affairs, Teslim Folami, Mr. Ambode directed Mr. Ogundare to stop
parading himself henceforth as the Baale of the community till further
notice.
Mr. Folami, quoting the memo, said:
“I am directed to convey the
approval of His Excellency, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of the suspension
of Chief Yusuf Ogundare, Baale of Shangisha with immediate effect in
accordance with Section 38 subsection 1 of the Obas and Chiefs Laws of
Lagos State which states that “the Governor may suspend or depose any
Oba or chief whether appointed or after commencement of this law, if he
is satisfied that such suspension of disposition is required according
to customary law or is necessary in the interest of peace and good
government.
“You are to communicate the decision to the chieftain to stop parading himself as Baale of Shangisha with immediate effect.”
Mr. Ogundare’s suspension was approved by the governor moments after
the Lagos State Police Command paraded him alongside his younger
brother, Mohammed Adams, for conspiring to fake the alleged kidnap.
Mr. Adams, on the fateful day, reported the alleged kidnap incident to the police.
Speaking while parading the two suspects, the State’s Commissioner of
Police, Fatai Owoseni, said the Command on July 5 received the report
of Mr. Ogundare’s alleged kidnap, and immediately swung into action in
collaboration with other security agencies especially the Department of
State Service, DSS.
Mr. Owoseni said luck however ran out on Mr. Ogundare when he was
apprehended by men of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS in Alausa area of
the State on July 11 after he was dropped in a suspicious manner by a
car which sped off immediately.
Giving details of how Mr. Ogundare was apprehended, Mr. Owoseni
said: “On July 11 at about 10 p.m., a team of RRS patrol officers
working around Alausa had sighted a vehicle drop a male adult in a
suspicious manner close by Shoprite along the Secretariat road.
“The speed with which that car drove off attracted them to that spot
and fortunately before they got to the spot, the car had taken off and a
quick enquiry revealed that it was the Baale that was allegedly
kidnapped.
“Immediately afterwards while Ogundare was being debriefed, he sold a
dummy that the kidnappers dropped him off but unknowingly to him, it
had been found out that on the 5th of July, the day he was allegedly
kidnapped in Lagos, investigation had revealed that he was driving
around in Ibadan around Ashi; he went to Ilorin, he went to Iwo, he was
just on a frolic.
“And unknowingly to him as well, his younger brother and his wife
were being questioned and were actually in custody because of some
discrepancies that were noticed in the interaction they had with
security agencies, and in furtherance of the synergy existing between
the Police and DSS, we jointly compared notes and our findings were such
that the act of the chief was despicable and amounted to crying wolf
where there is none.”
He said while making reports, Mr. Adams had told security agencies
that he was with the Baale at CMD Hotel when some people who claimed
they wanted to buy land whisked them away and later dropped him.
But investigation, Mr. Owoseni continued, revealed that he (Mr.
Adams) was not at any time in the hotel with the Baale but was only at
the restaurant of the hotel, and after some minutes left. The police
said the wife of the Baale actually drove the Venza car allegedly used
to abduct her spouse.
Yusuf Ogundare confessed to the crime after interrogation,The police commissioner added.
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