The suspect was engaged as a security guard by a private secondary school in Ile-Ife, where he stole the mobile phones.
The head of the Gboleru family, Olawale Olatunji, urged the state government to ensure justice for the royal family.
The policemen were at Akirun of Ikirun’s palace to protect those renovating it, when armed hoodlums shot at the police officers.
The palace had been under lock since the state government installed Oba Olalekan Akadiri as Akirun on October 27.
Mr Olusegun said the defendant threatened to murder the minor if she mentioned the incident to anyone before he was arrested.
