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Shangisha/Magodo: Kingship war looms in Lagos rich community
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Shangisha/Magodo kingship crisis: I will move into palace soon
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Shangisha/Magodo: Kingship war looms in Lagos’ rich community
LANRE ADEWOLE and MATTHEW ASABOR tried to make sense of the claims and counter-claims to a town with two kings, loads of cash and plenty of trouble. Shangisha/Magodo, a small town in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State has come into a “sudden” wealth and a “sudden” trouble. A kingship war looms there, so soon after a court judgement that awarded ownership of the multi-billion naira land to the original owners. In stricter sense, both the fortune and trouble may not be completely sudden as they are products of many years of making, but the fact that both are coming into fruition at the same time in the life of the town is almost beyond mere coincidence and leaders of the town, who claim to know, are ready to swear by their disputed ancestry that the burgeoning crisis is a deliberate attempt to corner the gold mine the town just hit. In the community, tension now walks on two legs. One could almost hold it when Saturday Tribune visited. The elders, comm...
Shangisha/Magodo kingship crisis: I’ll move into palace soon —Oba Lawal
By Matthew Asabor, Lagos THE Shangisha/Magodo kingship crisis is not giving any sign of coming to an end anytime soon. Following Saturday Tribune’s report last weekend, the government-approved Onishangisha, Oba Jamiu Adetola Ajibola Lawal, is telling his own side of the story to the crisis. Saturday Tribune can also reveal that both claimants to the throne will be meeting with the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Zone 2 on Monday as the authorities push for reconciliation and peace. Speaking with Saturday Tribune, Oba Lawal alleged that the person parading himself as the oba-elect, the Baale of Shangisha, Mr Mutiu Michael Yusuf Ogundare, is not a member of the Aileru ruling family of Shangisha/Magodo. “We have gone to tribunal and his name is not among the two ruling houses that were approved for the stool. Since he is now parading himself as the oba-elect, I have instructed my lawyers to serve petitions to relevant agencies. They are only afraid because of o...