Police reacts to alleged assassination attempt on Osun monarch; court remands suspect

The Osun State Police Command has released the outcome of its investigation into an alleged assassination attempt on the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun.
In a statement issued on Friday, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi, disclosed that a committee led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department, Suleiman Bayonle, found that the suspect had no intention of assassinating the monarch but acted under the influence of substances.
On 3 June 2026, at about 8:45 a.m., the Command said it received a report from the Ataoja’s palace that an adult male, later identified as Semilola Odunayo Monday, ‘m’, also known as “Ankara...