The people of Iruland have once
again called on the Lagos state government and the good people of Nigeria to
save them from the death-grip of the Oniru of Iruland, Gbolahan Lawal, who is
hell-bent on destroying what is left of the pastime, culture, and heritage of
Iruland.
The Oniru of Iruland, since his
inception, has made headlines on many occasions for all the wrong reasons
varying from land-grabbing, intimidation of royal bloodlines, enforcement of
toll gates, and many other vices that make life difficult for the residents of
Iru.
Gbolahan Lawal, who is popularly
referred to as King Nebuchadnezzar of Iruland, in the early hours of today,
Monday, 01 August 2022, released a statement to enforce a 3-day curfew so as
for him to carry out self-vested spiritual divination in the guise of cleansing
the community.
Speaking with a cross-section of
concerned residents, it is gathered that the immediate past Oniru of Iruland,
Oba Idowu Abiodun Oniru in his 25 years of reign, never carried out Oro
activity outside the confines of the palace.
A resident who is a medical
doctor told newsmen that the decision of Oba Gbolahan to conduct Oro
traditional festival at this time of theightened insecurity in the nation, is
insensitive, cruel, and dangerous.
“I have never seen such height of
insensitivity and gross carelessness by a royal father. “He depicts the picture
of Adolf Hitler of the Nazi’s in the 1940s who disregarded the right of the
people to life. "Where else in a developed community would any sane royal
father, who claimed to be educated, carry out fetish festival and force
innocent residents into staying at home by force”.
"This is not a village.
"There can be emergencies; there can be women in labour, and there can be
people who may need urgent medical attention and may have to leave their homes
during these periods. Nothing describes insensitivity and reckless disregard
for the people’s right to movement and life, as this wicked decision. Even
Lagos state has lifted the curfew of COVID”,
"His action has exposed his level of illiteracy and incompetence as
a royal father", he said.
Another resident who is a banker
blamed the Lagos state government for turning blind eye to all of Oniru’s
insensitive actions in the past, which has given him the courage to go ahead
and establish a new rule by himself at the detriment of the residents of Iru.
“Go and check history, the late
Oniru has never done any festival that will restrict the movement of people for
more than 20 years. Why now?
“I feel Governor Sanwoolu needs
to rise to the occasion and call him to others because this is not the right
time to throw our constitutional right to movement in the bin”#
“There have been threats of
attack by bandits who claimed they are already in Lagos. Lagosians are now more
security conscious than ever before. This is not the time to force people to
sit at home because anyone wants to achieve his motive illegitimately. Lagos
state government needs to rise to this occasion before Oba Gbolahan’s thugs
begin to attack people in their homes.
A key member of the royal
bloodline who plead anonymity also hinted that Oba Gbolahan intends to sieve
the 3-day Oro festival to intimidate, oppress, and attack the people whom he
sees as a threat to his reign as Oniru. They believed his intentions are more
sinister than the Oro practice.
He, however, sends SOS to
governor Sanwoolu to take control of the situation and ensure that Oba Gbolahan
reconsiders his desperate mission to shut down Iruland for 3 days.
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