The people of Ikirun in Osun state were thrown into a state of apprehension on Wednesday as the fight for the ascension to the ancient town’s kingship throne took a deadly turn.
In the skirmish that ensued on Wednesday, a section of the palace of the Akinrun went up in flames while one person reportedly lost his life. .
According to DAILY POST, the deceased is identified as Lukuman Omoola.
He was reportedly shot dead when the seething rage of some persons, and the royal tussle that plague the beleaguered town, burst forth yet again on Wednesday.
Crisis, it was gathered, erupted on Wednesday over alleged plans to smuggle the new Akinrun, Oba Olalekan Akadiri into the palace.
The late king was reportedly a descendant of the Gboleru Ruling House, one of the ruling houses fighting to fill the royal stool before it was passed on to the Obaara Ruling House via an Osun High Court ruling.
The Ikirun obaship tussle rocking the town was renewed after the Osun State Government appointed Prince Yinusa Olalekan Akadiri as the Akinrun and also after the new king allegedly led other persons to the town to gain access to the palace.
Akadiri’s appointment as the Akinrun by the Osun State Government did not have the support of the majority of the town’s people including chiefs and the head of kingmakers.
He was also denied access to the palace since the second day of his announcement as the new king which made the state government present the staff of office to him at the State Government Secretariat.