Apart from being a King, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo, has a side job of being an Internet fraudster.

An Osun State Chief Magistrates’ Court ordered the arrest of first-class traditional ruler in the state today.

The arrest warrant is coming a few days after the president of the court, Chief Magistrate Olusola Aluko, threatened that if Oba Akanbi failed to appear before him in compliance with the order of the court on November 25, 2016, in a case filed against him by the Oluwo of Iwo-Oke, Oba Kadiri Adeoye, he would have no option but to issue a bench warrant for his arrest.

In a 33-paragraph affidavit, Oba Adeoye said Oba Akanbi’s character did not befit a person of his status and calibre as he was used to carrying about armed thugs, miscreants and hoodlums to harass, intimidate, molest and attack persons whom he perceived as his enemies.

Oba Adeoye further alleged that Oba Akanbi forged his name to obtain travelling documents to the United States where he was jailed in New York City and was deported to Nigeria in the year 2000.

Oba Adeoye added that Oba Akanbi was making money through Internet fraud or Yahoo-Yahoo, as it is called in local parlance, using his palace as a cover-up.