Fusengbuwa royal family demands arrest of lawmaker for ‘impersonating Awujale-elect’

The Fusengbuwa Ruling House of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, has warned a member of the House of Representatives, Prince Ademorin Kuye, to stop parading himself as the Awujale-elect or risk legal prosecution.

The Princes and Princesses of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House, the royal family qualified to produce the next Awujale of Ijebuland, issued this warning to Prince Kuye in a statement on Saturday.

The royal family also demanded the arrest and prosecution of Kuye for the violation of the state’s laws on the Awujale selection process.

The statement signed by Barrister Kunle Johnson Adebajo on behalf of the Princes and Princesses of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House, declared the alleged action of Kuye as “illegal and capable of causing chaos and unrest in Ijebuland.”

Recall that in January, the Ogun State Government, in a statement by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon Hamzat Ganiyu, denied media and social media reports that a particular candidate had been selected as the next Awujale.

The state government’s statement had warned that any individual or group found fabricating, promoting or circulating such claims will face investigations and prosecution under the law.

The ruling house in its statement stressed that Kuye’s action “violates Ijebuland and Ogun State’s chieftaincy and customary laws as well as proper succession procedures.”

The royal house added that Kuye’s claim of being the Awujale-elect “borders on pretence to a stool he has not been selected for and a gross violation of the customary law,” infractions which they argued should be taken seriously by the appropriate authorities and punished with appropriate sanctions.

They called for the arrest and prosecution of “anyone, including Hon Kuye, illegally parading themselves as the Awujale-elect,” stressing that such persons “are mere pretenders” who “should be arrested and prosecuted.”

The ruling house challenged the Ogun State Government to make good its threat to prosecute anyone violating the laws concerning the Awujale selection, stressing, “government should not act like a barking dog every time.”