Olubadan of Ibadan Oba Saliu Adetunji battles Obas
The
rival between Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, Aje
Ogungunniso I and 21 other Obas has taken a dramatic shape.
The crisis in Ibadan royalty has reached the peak as 21 Ibadan
kings installed recently by the Oyo state government have recommended
the removal of the original Ibadan Monarch, The Nation.
The enthronement of 21 Obas has generated controversy and pitted
Olubadan against Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State. The monarch,
Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso I,
installed in March 2016 and presented with the staff of office as the
41st Olubadan of the ancient city, sees the installation of the kings as
a challenge to his authority.
The rival 21 kings have ganged up in the fight to wrestle or share
power from the Olubadan and as the crisis raged, they have recommended
to governor to dethrone the monarch.
But the Oba has described the 21 kings as entertainers of the year, even as he said they lacked the powers to unseat him.
The Director of Media and Public Affairs to the Olubadan, Mr Adeola
Oloko, said in a statement on Tuesday in Ibadan said the Oba-in-Council
was unknown to Oyo State Chieftaincy Laws.
He wondered how a group of educated individuals, as the embattled
obas, could resort to what it called an illegality by commenting on a
matter already in court.
Hearing continues tomorrow at the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan in
a suit filed by the Olubadan against the government on the
controversial chieftaincy review.
Oba Adetunji, who has pleaded with the court to take judicious
notice of the defendants’ persistent contempt of court in the matter,
averred that if a scapegoat is not made of at least one or two culprits,
there will be no end to the offence.
On the issue by the Oba-in-Council, the Olubadan said the council,
comprising high chiefs and Olubadan only, is only an advisory body with
no force of law, customs and traditions backing it.
“In the same vein, the baales, who the embattled high chiefs
have added to themselves to become 21, are not members of
Olubadan-in-Council and, therefore, should not be dressed in borrowed
robe as they have no power whatsoever over their lord.”
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