#EndSARS: Eko Atlanta Club Condemns Invasion Of Oba’s Palace

The Eko Atlanta Club has condemned the dreadful invasion of the Palace of the Oba of Lagos by hoodlums who carted away valuable artefacts.

In a statement signed by Deji Thaani, President, Eko Club of Atlanta, he described the act as “an act of sacrilege”.

The club lamented that the hoodlums had desecrated the cultural heritage of Lagosians by invading the Palace of Ọba of Lagos, carting away artefacts and setting ablaze some buildings within the palace on Wednesday.

“The Palace, Iga Idunganran, is our ancestral seat of power and the custodian of centuries’ old priceless and irreplaceable heritage artefacts that have been passed down through generations.

“It is saddening and disheartening to learn that such heinous activities could be perpetrated by these miscreants and vandals, leading to wanton desecration of our traditional heritage in Lagos,” Thaani said

While condemning the attack, the Atlanta Club demanded the immediate deployment of security agents to secure the Palace and requested that the true essence of the palace traditions be restored.

The president of the club further urged the Lagos State government to speedily investigate the incident and apprehend those culpable in the act, and bring them to justice as well as recover all the stolen artefacts.

Thaani reiterated that the sanctity of Idunganran is a collective responsibility.

“As such, we ask the state government to put every mechanism in place to forestall the recurrence of such incident in future.

“We implore the Governor of Lagos State to continue to unify our state, provide infrastructures that will enable positive productive endeavours and show a pathway for ending all violence while promoting true hope and peaceful deliberations,” he said.