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...For a better society... Thursday, August 19 2004 Vol 17 No.30 News Editorial Opinion Politics Sports Features Health Woman Foreign News Columnists Business Money/Market InfoTel Brands/Promotions Trade/Commerce View from America Why 3 Owu kingmakers were arrested � Traditional Council KOLA ADEPOJU, Abeokuta THE Owu Traditional Council, Abeokuta, Ogun State said yesterday the festering row over the selection of the new Olowu has gone beyond a "family affair," which President Olusegun Obasanjo, a kinsman only last Friday described it. Obasanjo had at the end of a reconciliatory meeting with some Owu kingmakers and leaders at his Ota Farm residence, told newsmen that the row was a "family affair" which would soon be resolved amicably. However, spokesmn of the Traditional Council and the Otun of Owu, Chief Ola Yusuff said the feud was no longer a family affair, assuring that the three kingmakers and others that were arrested in connection with the disturbance of Owu Day, but later released, would be charged to court, if they were indicted by police investigations. Yusuff who was briefing newsmen on the arrest of the three kingmakers, said the fact that Obasanjo described the feud as a family affair did not mean that the laws of the land and justice should not take their full course on violators. He stressed that since Obasanjo and the entire Owu community were respecters of the laws of the land, it would be fully invoked against the three kingmakers and other suspects if they were found wanting. "The question of family affair is insignificant in the face of disturbance and destruction of property allegedly perpetrated by a microscopic fraction of the Owu community," he said. "The issue on ground has gone beyond the scope of family affairs, we will make sure justice is done in the law court regardless of whoever is indicted by police investigations," he added. Addressing newsmen earlier, Chief Yusuff in a speech titled; "The Arrest of Owu Warrant Chiefs: The Truth of the Matter," said the three kingmakers were not arrested" in connection with the inconclusive meeting of Owu kingmakers:, adding that it had to do with their alleged disturbance of Owu Day celebration. Besides, Yusuff who was with the Bashorun, Chief Rasheed Adewolu, at the briefing that took place outside the main entrance of the Owu Palace, which was locked, said Obasanjo had no hands in their arrest, contrary to media reports. � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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