The children
were arrested in connection with the alleged attempt to burn the palace of
Elemure of Emure Ekiti, Oba Emmanuel Adebayo, a retired Assistant Inspector
General of Police and ex-Commissioner of Police in Lagos and Abuja.
According to
report, some of the women were half-naked, holding leaves and singing hate
songs against the monarch, while demanding for the release of their children.
Trouble was
said to have started last Monday, when a group of angry youths of the community
took to the streets to protest against power cut by the Benin Electricity
Distribution Company. In the process, they were arrested.
Meanwhile,
the Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, had told journalists that the youths
were arrested for attempting to burn the king’s palace and for attacking the
police station in the town.

Ekiti women no send at all
ReplyDeletethere are two sides to the story they were arrested for speaking up, to burn down the palace was just a makeup excuse
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