Abducted Lagos monarch, Oniba of Iba community, Oba Goriola Oseni, has been released by his captors. The 74-year-old was released on Saturday after about three weeks in captivity.
Elumaro said he could not say whether or not the kidnapping has to do with the chieftaincy dispute in the town as the monarch was properly installed as the monarch despite the legal tussle over the throne.
A source said; "When they came, they surrounded the building and started ordering the monarch and other occupants to open the door and surrender willingly, but nobody answered. "At this point, they started shooting .
The hoodlums, who stormed the home of the monarch in the early hours of Sunday, shot sporadically causing panic in the community as villagers, including the monarch's family fled into bushes for their safety.
The Nigeria Police Force has deployed helicopter and armoured personnel carriers to Ekiti State following the recent killing of two first class traditional rulers. The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun made this known on Thursday, when Ekiti
N40 million ransom has being demanded by the abductors of the Laragunsin of Iyasan, Oba Abiodun Oyewunmi. It will be recalled that the Oba was abducted on Monday in the presence of his son, Folarin Oyewunmi. The kidnappers have now started communicating yesterday
Nothing was heard from the abductors of the 73-year-old monarch for six days after his abduction, until Friday, fuelling speculations about what could have happened to the monarch.
A son of the monarch, Saheed Oseni, told our correspondent that the family could not raise the huge ransom. He urged the state government to assist them urgently as the monarch's health might be deteriorating.
The gunmen were said to have stormed the palace at about 9 pm and after killing the monarch, they whisking away his wife, her adopted daughter and one other.
It was gathered that the monarch had attended the flag-off of the distribution of food items to vylnerable groups by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, on Saturday in Gombe.