Some aggrieved women in Emure Ekiti, on Wednesday
took the streets in protest over the arrest of over 30 of their children
by the Police.
The children were arrested in connection with the alleged attempt to burn the palace of Elemure of Emure Ekiti, Oba Emmanuel Adebayo, a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police and ex-Commissioner of Police in Lagos and Abuja.
According to report, some of the women were half-naked, holding leaves and singing hate songs against the monarch, while demanding for the release of their children.
Trouble was said to have started last Monday, when a group of angry youths of the community took to the streets to protest against power cut by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company. In the process, they were arrested.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, had told journalists that the youths were arrested for attempting to burn the king’s palace and for attacking the police station in the town.
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The children were arrested in connection with the alleged attempt to burn the palace of Elemure of Emure Ekiti, Oba Emmanuel Adebayo, a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police and ex-Commissioner of Police in Lagos and Abuja.
According to report, some of the women were half-naked, holding leaves and singing hate songs against the monarch, while demanding for the release of their children.
Trouble was said to have started last Monday, when a group of angry youths of the community took to the streets to protest against power cut by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company. In the process, they were arrested.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, had told journalists that the youths were arrested for attempting to burn the king’s palace and for attacking the police station in the town.
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