The Zone 2 Police Command, Lagos State, is working on a petition submitted by the family of a legion officer, Jeremiah Edet who was allegedly killed by the personal car of Oba Sefiu Olawale Adeyeri, the Aseyin of Iseyinland, in Oyo State, Nigeria, during the invasion of a landed property.
The family has accused the monarch and the the police in Oyo State of trying to cover up the truth about the circumstances surrounding the incident.
The family claimed the act was intentional as the monarch and his aides allegedly abandoned the deceased on the road after the incident and refused to take him to the hospital.
SaharaReporters learnt that the incident occurred on Tuesday, 18th March 2025 around Iseyin Laigbe.
The monarch was said to have led some thugs to forcefully invade a landed property being guarded by the deceased legion personnel.
While trying to flee the scene, the official vehicle of Oba Adeyeri allegedly hit him and drove off.
SaharaReporters learnt that the monarch offered N300,000 to Edet’s family after his death.
“What happened was that two legion officers were attached to one woman, a lawyer. They were posted to guard her site at Iseyin in Oyo State. It was later we got to know that the king had been disturbing the woman that he owned the landed property and must get it by all means,” a source told SaharaReporters.
“So on that particular day, they invaded the property. Immediately the deceased took his phone and was about to leave the scene only to be hit by the Oba’s vehicle. The driver of the vehicle immediately drove off. Edet was not taken to hospital until his colleague came and rushed him to Bowen University Teaching Hospital.
“The driver was arrested last Sunday after the officer was confirmed dead. No medical fee was paid by the Oba. We sat with his representative and they offered N300,000 to the deceased’s mother as compensation. Meanwhile, Edet is the only child of this woman, no burial arrangement, nothing at all.
“The police did not allow us to see the vehicle and the suspect as well.”
Calls put across to Oba Adeyeri’s son and spokesman, Prince Ismail Adeyeri were not picked nor returned.
However, a video obtained by SaharaReporters showed representatives of the monarch appealing to the family to take N300,000 as compensation.
A petition to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2 command to thoroughly investigate the matter has also been submitted by the family.
Source: Sahara Reporters.
