The Osi Olubadan of Ibadan land and former governor of Oyo State, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, on Wednesday, alleged that the gunmen that stormed the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, on Monday, came to kill him.Some hoodlums had launched an attack on the palace on Monday during the installation of family heads, known as mogajis.
The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress had said in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Olawale Sadare, that Ladoja should be blamed for the mayhem.
The party alleged that the ex-governor was taking advantage of the Olubadan chieftaincy crisis to “broaden his personal interest and fight needless war with his perceived political adversaries.”
But in a statement on his behalf by his media aide, Lanre Latinwo, the former governor said the APC was only making efforts to divert the attention of both the public and security agencies from those who were behind the act.
Ladoja added that he was lucky to leave the palace alive, stating that he the monarch was threatened in