A kingmaker in the Oniru kingdom of Lagos State Wasiu Ogunbambi has sued three children of the immediate-past Oniru of Iru land, demanding N500 million as damages.
The three princes are Tijani Oniru, Ademola Oniru and Adesegun Oniru.
In the suit filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos, Ogunbambi, who is the Onisa of Iru land, claimed the princes harassed him with police after he declined to support one of the late Oniru’s children to succeed their father on the throne.
Ogunbambi sued the princes alongside their cousin Sulaiman Oniru and the Inspector-General of Police.
He alleged that more than 15 armed policemen from Abuja, at the instance of the late Oniru’s children, invaded his house on August 22.
He noted that his house was disorganised at gunpoint.
Ogunbambi further said the police arrested him at a bar in Victoria Island area of Lagos.
The kingmaker added that his children Mukaila, Lateef, and seven customers were also arrested and treated like common criminals in the full glare of the public.
According to him, the policemen “packed them into a small bus and drove them for over 10 hours on the road to Abuja.”
They were detained in Abuja for about three to eight days for unjust reasons, he said.
