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The Olubadan-designate, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja has waded into the purported struggle betwixt Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, maintaining that supporters of some monarchs were down the controversy.
Oba Ladoja stated this connected Thursday astatine his Bodija, Ibadan residence erstwhile the Olugbon of Orile-Igbon, Oba Francis Alao, and his woman paid him a courtesy visit.
Speaking connected the supremacy conflict betwixt the Ooni and Alaafin, the Olubadan-designate blamed their supporters for stimulating the conflict.
“I person ever made radical realise that neither the Ooni of Ife nor the Alaafin of Oyo promotes disunity but their respective followers.
“These are the radical who are trying to warrant history, having forgotten the information that past astir of the clip tin beryllium subjective.
“Alaafin cannot spell to Ile-Ife and regularisation implicit the radical there, vis-à-vis Ooni of Ife. They person their antithetic territories wherever they are operating.
“The benignant of past their supporters are referring to is similar that of the past of Britain colonizing America. That was successful the past. Today, if America sneezes, the full Britain volition drawback a cold,” Oba Ladoja said.
He solicited the enactment of the Olugbon successful strengthening the unity of monarchs crossed Yoruba land. “On the unity among the Obas successful Yoruba land, I americium soliciting the enactment of Olugbon of Orile-Igbon, Oba Alao. His wealthiness of acquisition volition assistance successful this regard.”
While touching connected the spot of Ibadan successful Yorubaland, the Olubadan-designate averred that if not for the influce of Ibadan, the full Yoruba monarchs would person Emirs arsenic their titles today.
He stated that past has good documented the pivotal relation of Ibadan successful shaping accepted enactment successful Yorubaland, adding that the absorption should present beryllium connected modernising what remains of what helium described arsenic erstwhile Ibadan Empire.
“The presumption of Ibadan connected this substance is good documented successful history, without the power of Ibadan, the accepted rubric of the full Obas successful Yoruba onshore would person been ‘Emir’,” helium said.
He added that Ibadan had already begun the process of modernization with each accepted rulers, including Baales and Mogajis playing captious roles.
“We person commenced the process of the modernization of Ibadan land. All the accepted rulers including Baales and Mogajis person captious roles to play successful this regard,” Oba Ladoja said.
He maintained that the epoch of diaspora Baales and Mogajis was implicit arsenic they indispensable reside wrong their respective domains and would henceforth beryllium held accountable for immoderate breach successful their respective communities.
“The epoch of diaspora Mogajis and Baales is implicit successful Ibadan. If determination is simply a breach of information successful immoderate community, the Baales and Mogajis volition beryllium held accountable,” he warned.
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