PUNCH
The mother of embattled traditionalist Abdulazeez Adegbola, aka Tani Olohun, Mrs Nofisat Adegbola, has revealed that she soiled herself three times on the night she learnt that her son was arrested by the police.
According to Adegbola, her initial thought was that Tani Olohun had been kidnapped.
“I soiled myself several times that night when he did not return home,” she said while speaking with our correspondent at her home in the Molete area of Ibadan in Oyo State.
The apartment houses Adegbola, her daughter-in-law, Rasheedat (Tani Olohun’s wife), and her two grandchildren, Azeezat and Abdulrasheed.
“I found out that my son had been kidnapped from Ibadan a day after it happened. No one knew what was happening until a day after he was nabbed from Ibadan and taken to Ilorin in Kwara state,” she said.
How it started
Adegbola, a famous online Isese activist, was arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State, and taken to Ilorin, Kwara State, by men of the Kwara State Police Command on the orders of the state Commissioner of Police.
The 37-year-old father of two was charged with defamation, insulting the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, and Islamic clerics in the state among other offences.
Although these charges, according to Ademola Banks, counsel for the defendant, are bailable, Abdulazzeez has remained behind bars since August 16.
Recount of August 15
Speaking further, Adegbola said, “My son had informed me around 5.57pm on Sunday that he needed to get to Bolaji quickly. I bade him farewell, instructing him not to stay out long. I even joked with him to buy something for me to eat. He said I should not worry, that he would do so.
“My kids do not stay out late. They know they must be home for the Maghrib prayer, which starts at 7 pm, and Isha prayer at 8pm. The minute the Isha prayer is over, I close shop for the day.
“All my children know that they must be in the house before I close my shop for the day.
“I kept waiting for him to return home; he didn’t show up. So I strolled towards the Odo-oba area, hoping to run into him; this didn’t happen either.
“By this time, I was overwhelmed with fear. Had he been kidnapped? What happened to my son?
“I went back home and woke everyone, telling them Azeez was not home. This was unlike him. In no time, I had begun to stool. I soiled myself multiple times that day, and by the next morning, I was being given a drip, and the nurse told me I was dehydrated.”
The discovery
Adegbola told our correspondent that her family found out that Tani Olohun had been arrested through the media.
She said, “My younger son arrived at my home the next day to inform me that Abdulazeez was ‘kidnapped’ here in Ibadan and had been taken to Ilorin. He said he read about this on BBC Yoruba.
“He also told me he was here to inform me that he was going to Ilorin. Before he got to Ilorin, Abdulazeez had been sentenced to 50 days at a correctional facility.
“My son has been behind bars since then; this is his third month in jail.”
Who is Tani Olohun?
Adegbola smiled as our correspondent asked her to describe her son. According to her, her son is unique and one of the funniest people she knows.
