The rotten Country Called Nigeria and the Palace of Ejigbo monarch where Jungle Justice is the norm

Ejigbo Market

Justice delayed is said to be justice denied, that is the case for many Nigerians, where even the Police is complicit to crime, except compel by superior force. There are many innocent people  languishing while waiting to heave a sigh of relief in a Nation where apart from the  President’s support of corruption, he is himself surrounded by corrupt men who are never bold to tell him the real feelings of common citizen

For   an incident which occurred in February 2013, to have taken  the DPO of the division longer than normal to bring perpetrators to book, is an evidence that Nigeria is indeed in the hand of criminals and the justice system has gone to bed. where powerful ‘traditional’  people are said to be behind  crime. Even Obas have lost their once priced dignity

Recent reports  reveals that the police are set to work and  have raided the palace of the traditional ruler of Ejigbo, Oba Murufu Ojoola, to arrest nine suspects in connection with the torture of two women alleged to have stolen pepper in Ejigbo market in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, in February last year. One of the victims was reported dead after the incident.

The market has also been shut and the traders were asked to vacate on Saturday pending the conclusion of investigation of the crime.

Source disclose that Oba Ojoola had been under pressure to produce those involved in the crime after the babaric incident was made public late last year following the uploading of the incident on the internet. The ordeal of the women sparked widespread outrage, with women’s groups calling for probe of the perpetrators of the incident.

The suspects arrested by the police are Tijani Adeshina, Aseez Adeosun, Ganiyu Raji, Fapounda Jimoh, Adekunle Adenuga, Saheed Adisu, Isiaka Waheed, Tawa Shittu and Toyin Tajudeen.

According to the police, the suspects have been detained at Ejigbo Police Division and would be facing murder charge because it was alleged that one of the victims died as a result of the torture.

The police source also said that the suspects would be transferred to SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos for further investigation.

Source learnt that the arrest was carried out by the new Ejigbo DPO, Aliko Dankoli, who led the raid that lasted several hours following an order of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko to arrest the perpetrators of the act.

When Source visited the station, Dankoli was not around to comment on the matter.

Meanwhile, when our correspondent visited the closed market, some traders were seen entering the market through the back gate. They were later seen  leaving the market with  their goods.

Some of the traders who spoke to Journalists said they had to leave the market with their goods because they do not know when the market would be open because of the seriousness of the matter.

They also confirmed that the market leaders have stopped coming to the market as they were afraid of being arrested by the police.

Oba Morufu Ojoola had earlier been reported to have gone into hiding following attempts by the police to arrest him in connection with the torture of the two women.

The victims, a mother and her step-daughter, were stripped, tortured and pepper was poured into their private parts for allegedly stealing pepper in the market early last year.

The state Commissioner of Police ordered the arrest of the perpetrators and invited Oba Ojoola to his office for explanation about the incident which occurred in his domain.

According to sources, the Oba, however, failed to report at the commissioner’s office at Ikeja, Lagos.