The standard ruler of Idogun in Ose Native Govt Space of Ondo State, Onidogun of Idogun, Oba Moses Ekundayo Bakare has died.
The monarch reportedly collapsed on Wednesday and used to be taken to a medical institution, the place he remained in a coma for twenty-four hours earlier than passing away on Thursday night.
His dying comes just about a 12 months after a disaster rocked the neighborhood in October 2025, when some citizens allegedly assaulted him in an incident captured in a viral video.
Following the assault, the monarch reportedly left Idogun and remained clear of the neighborhood till his dying.
Within the aftermath of the disaster, the Ondo State Govt constituted a panel of inquiry to analyze the incident and publish its findings. Alternatively, the panel’s document has but to be made public.
The state Commissioner for Data and Orientation, Idowu Ajanaku, who could also be an indigene of Idogun, showed the monarch’s dying and expressed the federal government’s condolences to his circle of relatives and all the neighborhood.
Ajanaku stated the chiefs of Idogun had knowledgeable him of the advance. He additionally appealed to citizens to deal with peace and order and steer clear of violence throughout the mourning length.
In the meantime, reviews from the neighborhood indicated that some indigenes adversarial to the overdue monarch avoided his stays from being introduced into Idogun on Thursday.
The citizens reportedly blocked the street with logs of picket, forcing the ones transporting the frame to go back it to a mortuary in Owo.