There was pandemonium in Ikirun community, the headquarters of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun State when a prince, Lukman Gboleru, was reportedly shot as security operatives attempted to forcefully open the palace.
You will recall,several protests have trailed the appointment of Oba Yinusa Akadiri as the new monarch of the community with five persons shot once.
Aggrieved members of other ruling houses mobilised and shut the palace with charms to prevent the new king to access it.
This morning however, security operatives, including Policemen, stormed the palace to force their way to the premises, a move youths violently resisted.
The Prince, who was reportedly resisting the forceful entry of security men into the palace, was shot dead.