A courtroom in Abeokuta turned dramatic on Tuesday after members of the Osugbo Society sued for “hijacking” the body of a late monarch stormed the courtroom hearing in ritual attire.

They chanted ritual songs in a grievance against the litigation against them.

Family of the late monarch in Ogun State, Oba Rauf Adebayo Raji-Suleimon dragged members of the Osugbo society in Ijebuland before a Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, for allegedly hijacking and taking into their custody the corpse of the traditional ruler who died in January this year.

Raji-Suleimon, who was the Alaye – Aba of Aba Ayepe, died on January 22, but his body was forcefully removed from the custody of his family by the Osugbo society