A group, Oyo Descendants’ National Congress,
Lagos State, has condemned the recent removal of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba
Lamidi Adeyemi, as the permanent chairman, Oyo State Council of Obas
and Chiefs by the outgoing Governor of the state, Otunba Adebayo Alao-
Akala.
In a statement by its General Secretary, Mr. Adeyemi Mustapha, the group added that Alao- Akala had created a gap in Oyo State by recognising a village head as a traditional ruler without the Alaafin’s consent.
“Governor Alao-Akala has gone far as causing some rifts in Oyo by giving an unusual recognition to a village head as a traditional ruler without Alaafin’s consent; he even went to pay homage to the village head with fanfare without any reference to the Alaafin in whose backyard the ceremony took place,” the group said.
The group also commended the Alaafin as a foremost traditional ruler in Yoruba kingdom, adding that he had installed many traditional rulers in Yoruba land.
“It is not an overstatement to say that Alaafin of Oyo is the foremost traditional ruler in Yoruba land whose territory extends beyond the shores of Nigeria. Oyo State is a very small unit of his territory; even the military despite their arbitrariness still recognised the historical and cultural importance of the Alaafin,” the group stated.
The group expressed its disappointment over such anomalies by Alao-Akala.
It said, “If more than two-third members of Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs are solidly behind the Alaafin continuing as the permanent chairman, of whose interest is Alao-Akala’s actions?”
The group submitted that the actions are “ill-timed, hasty, vindicative, politically motivated, unnecessary and unacceptable.”
By Peace Oyebode Courtesy Of: Punch
In a statement by its General Secretary, Mr. Adeyemi Mustapha, the group added that Alao- Akala had created a gap in Oyo State by recognising a village head as a traditional ruler without the Alaafin’s consent.
“Governor Alao-Akala has gone far as causing some rifts in Oyo by giving an unusual recognition to a village head as a traditional ruler without Alaafin’s consent; he even went to pay homage to the village head with fanfare without any reference to the Alaafin in whose backyard the ceremony took place,” the group said.
The group also commended the Alaafin as a foremost traditional ruler in Yoruba kingdom, adding that he had installed many traditional rulers in Yoruba land.
“It is not an overstatement to say that Alaafin of Oyo is the foremost traditional ruler in Yoruba land whose territory extends beyond the shores of Nigeria. Oyo State is a very small unit of his territory; even the military despite their arbitrariness still recognised the historical and cultural importance of the Alaafin,” the group stated.
The group expressed its disappointment over such anomalies by Alao-Akala.
It said, “If more than two-third members of Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs are solidly behind the Alaafin continuing as the permanent chairman, of whose interest is Alao-Akala’s actions?”
The group submitted that the actions are “ill-timed, hasty, vindicative, politically motivated, unnecessary and unacceptable.”
By Peace Oyebode Courtesy Of: Punch
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