By Babatunde Solanke
A traditional chief in Imesi Ekiti, in Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Chief Gabriel Bodunde, has been suspended by the state government.
Bodunde was suspended over alleged disrespect, high-handedness and insubordination to the town’s monarch, Oba Olatunji Olatunde.
The chief was also accused of fueling communal crises in the town through unlawful and arbitrary arrest of subjects over trumped-up and frivolous charges, thereby igniting unnecessary tension.
The state’s deputy governor, (Mrs. Monisade Afuye, announced the suspension on Thursday, August 10, 2023 while presiding over a petition forwarded to her office by Onimesi-in-Council.
It was gathered that Bodunde was absent at the hearing of the petition neither did he send any delegation to represent him.
The town monarch expressed regret that several entreaties made to seek peace with Chief Bodunde were rebuffed, adding that the embattled chief’s disobedience to government’s invitation was a height of arrogance.
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