Fake Kidnapping: Ambode Orders Prosecution Of Baale Of Shangisha

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on
Sunday deposed the suspended Baale of Shangisha in
Magodo, Chief Yusuf Ogundare for faking his abduction
which allegedly took place on July 5 along Center for
Management Development (CMD) Road in Ikosi-Isheri
Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the State.


Governor Ambode had last Friday suspended Ogundare
moments after he was paraded alongside his brother,
Mohammed Adams by the Lagos State Police Command for
conspiring to fake the alleged kidnap. In a press release signed by the State?s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon Muslim Folami, the Governor ordered
Ogundare to henceforth desist from parading himself as the
Baale of Shangisha or discharge any duties attached to
chieftaincy matters in the State. Folami, in the statement, 
said:?This is to inform the general public that His Excellency,
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has authorized the DEPOSITION AND PROSECUTION by police of Chief Yusuf Mutiu Ogundare, Baale of Shangisha with immediate effect.

This is in accordance with Section 38, subsection 1 of the Obas and Chiefs Laws of Lagos State inter-alia
?The Governor may suspend or depose any Oba or Chief
whether appointed before or after commencement of this
 law, if he is satisfied that such suspension or deposition is required according to customary law or is necessary in the interest of peace or good government.?

?Furthermore, he (Ogundare) is to stop parading himself,
purports to exercise or discharge any of the duties attached 
to Chieftaincy Matters with immediate effect.? Folami said the
deposition follows the formal confession of the Baale to
security services that he staged his own kidnap to blackmail the State Government.

The State?s Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, 
while parading the suspects at the Lagos House in Ikeja, had
narrated how they conspired to perfect the fake kidnap, all 
in a bid to implicate the Oba of Magodo, as well as rubbish
 the State Government and security agencies. Owoseni said six days after the incidence, some men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on patrol in Alausa area at about 10pm apprehended Ogundare after he was dropped in a suspicious manner by a car which sped off immediately. SIGNED HON MUSLIM FOLAMI COMMISSIONER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LAGOS STATE
 JULY 16, 2017