Police arrest Ondo monarch over alleged fraud

Detectives from Ondo State Po­lice Command at the weekend ap­prehended a traditional ruler in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state over an alleged N16 million fraud.
The embattled monarch was arrested by the police last Friday barely two years after he was chased away from the community over alleged fraud,  forgery, steal­ing and impersonation as well as disobedience to the traditions and customs of the community
His arrest was sequel to a petition written to the Ondo State commissioner of police by the people of the community through their counsel, Gabriel Ohre.
The monarch was alleged, among others, to have im­personated a staffer of Odig­bo Local Government Area and defrauded the council of several millions of naira.
It was gathered that the monarch was arrested in Ondo town by men of the Criminal Investiga­tion Department (CID) and whisked away to the state police command in Igba­toro, Akure
In the petition, the oba was alleged to have written fictitious names in the pay­ment voucher of chiefs in the community.
Confirming the arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Wole Ogodo, a deputy superin­tended (DSP), said the mon­arch was in police custody to answer some allegations levelled against him, adding that investigation had com­menced, saying the suspect would be arraigned as soon as investigation was com­plicated.