Council Of Obas: Makinde Did Not Consult Me Before Choosing Ladoja -Alafin

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, has denied assertions that Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde consulted with him in choosing Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, Arusa I, as chairman of the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs.

He has said also that he did not endorse the rotational chairmanship arrangement for the same office.

The Alafin stated this position in a statement issued on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Bode Durojaiye.

He said that comments attributed to the governor, in which he reportedly claimed to have consulted the Alaafin of Oyo, the Olubadan of Ibadanland and the Soun of Ogbomoso before the inauguration was not correct.

“The attention of the Alaafin’s Palace has been drawn to a statement credited to His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde, that he consulted with the three traditional rulers in the state on the rotational chairmanship of the State Council of Obas and Chiefs,” the statement said, adding:

“There was no time that His Imperial Majesty, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba (Engr.) Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, held any meeting with either the State Governor or any of the two traditional rulers mentioned on this issue,” it stated.

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“The Alaafin did not tell the Governor nor make any categorical statement endorsing rotational chairmanship among the three traditional rulers in the state,” it added.

“The position of the Alaafin and the entire Oyo community on the issue of the State Council of Obas and Chiefs has been clearly enunciated in a memorandum delivered to His Excellency by the Oyo Council of Elders,” the Palace said.

The Eagle reports that Governor Seyi Makinde on Thursday inaugurated the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, Arusa I, as chairman of the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs in Ibadan, with the chairmanship set to rotate among three prominent traditional rulers in the state.