Late Oniru’s son, Oniru’s agents in street fight over Lagos properties

Pandemonium broke out on Sunday as the crisis between the children of the late Oniru of Iruland, Oba Idowu Abiodun; and his successor, Oba Omogbolahan Lawal, degenerated into violent confrontations. The violent clash reportedly broke out over the control of some properties in highbrow Oniru, Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. It was alleged that following the installation of Lawal as the 15th Oniru last month, the children of the late king continued to maintain control over some of the properties worth billions of naira allegedly belonging to the…

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Oniru Stool: Ogunyemi ruling house lay claim, seek respect for the throne

The raging crisis rocking the Oniru of Iru land, Lagos, took another dimension as one of the royal families, the Ogunyemi ruling lineage, earlier side-lined in the succession struggle has come out to challenge for the Oniru stool. The Ogunyemi Ruling House, led by its elders including Chief Abayomi Daramola, Arobadade of Iru Land, is laying claim to the throne, saying it is the turn of the House, whose last candidate on the throne joined his ancestors in 1927, to produce the next Oniru of Iruland. The Oniru throne became…

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