The residents of Olaogun in Ifo Ibogun area of Ogun State experienced great shock on Tuesday when a former Nigerian President, known as Olusegun Obasanjo, came into the area with a bunch of armed security operatives and allegedly physically assaulted a close relative’s wife of his and top confidant, Adebayo Molaja.
It was gathered by SaharaReporters that the ex-president Obasanjo flogged Mrs Adebayo several times with a horse whip (Koboko), by himself because an alleged ‘theft’ of N160m.
The cause of the issue and what actually prompted the former President, who is also a retired military general, to take such an action was unclear.
A resident of the area, whose name was not revealed for safety reasons, however, informed SaharaReporters that Obasanjo was heard shouting “Omolaja, ole! Abiodun, ole! Won loji N160m (Omolaja thief! Abiodun thief! They said you stole N160m)" during the incident.
The resident added, “Obasanjo came from his Ota farm abode at exactly 5:00am while people were still sleeping. He was accompanied by fiery-looking security men armed to the teeth who condoned the residence of the Adebayos. He immediately called out Mrs Adebayo and ordered the mobile policemen with him to form a barricade. He then proceeded with a horse whip (Koboko) to personally flog the woman several times.
“Many residents of the community were shocked. Hundreds of commercial bike riders popularly called Okada parked at the scene wondering whether there was an armed robbery incidence or any other tragic occurrence.”
Other witnesses who are residents of the community, were contacted by SaharaReporters for comments but they all declined as they were concerned about their safety.
There was no reaction from Kehinde Akinyemi, spokesperson for Obasanjo, as his telephone line was not reachable at the time of this report.
