Oba Emmanuel Adesanya Aladejare
Oba
Emmanuel Adesanya Aladejare has said that his father was powerful
during his time on earth, adding that his father transforms to different
wild animals at will.
While speaking in an exclusive interview with Nigerian Tribune,
Oba Emmanuel Adesanya Aladejare, Agunsoye II Obalufon Alayemore, who is
the Alaaye of Efon Kingdom in Ekiti state, revealed that his late
father was so powerful while he was alive and had so much spiritual
powers that he could transform into a lion, elephant and many other
animals.
When asked of the the influence of Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola of
the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) fame who did a lot for Efon, the
monarch who however said his father later dropped all the magic, got
baptised and was renamed Solomon, said;
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"That’s why I said the development in Efon is because of a
combination of spirituality and industry. When we talk about Baba
Apostle Babalola, he came to Efon when Agunsoye I, my grandfather was
the Alaaye. When they started a crusade at Ilesa, a message got to
Agunsoye 1 that this preacher was saying “Olorun Alaaye” (the living
God).
"He became interested and said “this man calling a name that is
close to mine should be invited.” Apostle Babalola came to Efon and he
was housed in the first storey-building in this town, built by my
father. That’s where they prayed and held vigils and so on.
"My father, who had so much spiritual powers, such that he was
said to be capable of transforming into a lion or elephant and so on,
decided to be baptised. He dropped all the magical powers he had, he was
baptised and was given the name: Solomon.
"He encouraged other members of the community who had such
powers to surrender them and all these were burnt. Baba Babalola prayed
for this town. It is through the grace of God, his prayers and the
industry of our people that we are able to reach the level of
development we have now.
"I say this because when you look at the topography of Efon,
being on a hill, and the location of the town in a corner compared to
other towns in Ekiti State, you’ll see that we are really not in a
position to compete with others for particular amenities.
"For example, when we were fighting for the creation of Ekiti
State, it would be mere illusion for me to say ‘give us the state
capital.’ When the thing was to scatter the entire project, I was the
one that saved the day when I said we have to look at centrality. Why
everybody wants the capital was because of what benefits they would
derive.
"I told them that we have already developed a blueprint for the
development of the state when created and as far as this is concerned,
we must use what we call “even spread” in terms of the development of
the state. That was the argument I advanced on that day to really save
the day, and that’s why we have Ekiti State today. I didn’t ask for the
state capital on that day because I knew what’s right and what’s wrong
and there was no point fighting for what you couldn’t attain."
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