Ogun Community Seeks Abiodun’s Intervention On Imposition Of Monarch

Residents of Gbokoto-Isale, successful Yewa North section authorities country of Ogun State, trooped to the streets astatine the play successful protestation against the planned imposition of a person connected them by officials of the section authorities arsenic the adjacent accepted ruler without the consent of the town’s assembly of kingmakers.

They called connected the governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, to intervene successful the matter.

The placard-bearing protesters, which included youths, aged men, women, each sons and daughters of the past Yewa town, accused officials of the section authorities of conniving with immoderate politicians to instal Tajudeen Olukunle, 1 of the sons of the contiguous past monarch of town, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ganiyu Adegbola Olukunle, arsenic the adjacent accepted ruler.

Describing the improvement arsenic incorrect and unacceptable, the protesters argued that the measurement is alien to the enactment and installation process of a monarch for the stool.

Chanting varying emotion-laden solidarity songs to thrust location their “Save Our Soul” messages, the protesters appealed to the authorities governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun-led administration, to prevail connected officials of the section authorities to desist from politicising the enactment process.

Speaking with journalists during the protest, 1 of the palace chiefs, the Asipa of Gbokoto-Isale, Chief Akapo Olugbami, disclosed that the section authorities officials violated the existing laws by inaugurating a 7-man Warrant Chiefs who sat and consequently settled for Tajudeen Olukunle to win his father, arsenic against the chieftaincy declaration of the town.

Akapo explained that the said Chieftaincy Declaration of the twelvemonth 2000 for the stool of Gbokoto-Isale intelligibly prescribed that ascension to the throne should beryllium connected rotational ground and arsenic such, the section government’s enactment of the lad of the contiguous past monarch, Tajudeen is an illegality and an affront connected the Chieftaincy Declaration.

To conform with the Chieftaincy Declaration, Asipa of Gbokoto, Akapo explained that since the demise of Oba Olukunle, the adjacent accepted ruler of the municipality ought to person travel from the Obagan ruling House, alternatively of the Osupa ruling House wherever the Local Government had repeatedly picked Tajudeen.

Also speaking with journalists, different palace chief, the 85-year-old Iya-Oba of Gbokoto, Chief (Mrs) Deborah Obayomi besides corroborated Akapo’s position, stressing that the rotational basal recognised 3 royal families for the stool: Oyoro, Osupa and Obagan.

Madam Deborah further explained that the duo of Oyoro and Osupa person taken their turns and that it is present the crook of Obagan to inhabit the stool, which she alleged that section authorities officials are present compromising.

They, however, appealed to the authorities governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun to urgently prevail connected officials of Yewa North section authorities to halt further enactment connected the process and nonstop them to respect the age-long contented laid down by the Chieftaincy Declaration of Gbokoto-Isale successful the involvement of bid successful their community.