Ataoja of Osogbo: How I Escaped Assassin Bullet over Adeleke’s Re-election
Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo
The Ataoja of Osogbo, HRM Oba Jimoh Oyetunji Laaroye II, has opened up on how he escaped an assassin’s bullet from opposition thugs on the same day massive gun attacks were launched on Osogbo and Ede in Osun State.
The royal father, who made the disclosure at the endorsement of Governor Ademola Adeleke for second term by the popular Ajegunle tradesmen and artisans’ group, said gunmen shot their way into his palace in their desperate bid to eliminate him.
While describing the attacks on Osogbo and his palace as political bitterness taken too far, the royal father said his aides were shot and badly wounded, noting that those responsible were the same group that shot sporadically around Osogbo last Monday.
