ALAAFIN OF OYO SOUNDS ALARM OVER OLOKA MASSACRE — DEMANDS MILITARY BASE AT OTEFON, FULL INVESTIGATION INTO OLD OYO NATIONAL PARK KILLINGS
PRESS RELEASE His Imperial Majesty IKU BABA YEYE, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, The Alaafin of Oyo — Keeper of the Throne, Shield of the Yoruba, today issued a thunderous condemnation of the brutal attack on Oloka village and the killing of civilians and rangers within Old Oyo National Park, declaring it an assault on Yoruba sovereignty and ancestral heritage and also sympathize with the families of the forest guards who lost their lives. In a solemn proclamation read at the imperial Court of Oyo, the Alaafin stated: “The recent brutal killings inside Old Oyo National Park — especially the massacre at Oloko — is not merely a ‘security breach.’ It is a dagger plunged into the heart of our ancestral empire. Our sacred forests, our game reserves, our historic grounds — where our kings once hunted with spears and drums — are now being turned into slaughter yards by armed marauders. THIS WILL NOT STAND.”_ His Majesty has advised the following actions: *Official Condemnation*...