Obasanjo to Ladoja: Don’t let traditional rulership clash with political authority

…congratulates him arsenic 44th Olubadan of Ibadan

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta

Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja, up of his ceremonial coronation scheduled for Friday successful the Oyo State capital.

In a connection issued connected Wednesday by his Special Assistant connected Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo extended his goodwill to the caller monarch with a Yoruba royal prayer: “Ade a pe lori, bata a pe lese” — meaning, “May the crown endure connected your head, and whitethorn your shoes past agelong connected your feet.” He described the coronation arsenic a specified formality, affirming that Ladoja has already been elevated to the revered throne.

Writing from New York, wherever helium is attending the 80th United Nations General Assembly, Obasanjo urged the caller Olubadan to separate betwixt accepted and governmental authorization successful bid to succeed.

In his congratulatory missive dated July 14, 2025, Obasanjo said: “It is an exalted and liable presumption to beryllium accepted ruler of each Ibadan people. It requires humility, patience, divine wisdom, tolerance, and proposal from wide and varied quarters to succeed. Traditional rulership does not vie oregon struggle with governmental rulership.

I privation you each the champion and the grace, guidance, and absorption of Almighty God.”

The erstwhile president praised Oba Ladoja’s ascension arsenic some historical and important for Ibadanland, stressing that with unity and wisdom, the caller monarch could consolidate the bequest of 1 of Nigeria’s astir salient accepted thrones.

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