The elevated Ibadan monarchs on Thursday denounced the purported peace move being made by some parties involved in the crisis rocking the city’s Traditional Council.
They described such a plan as a ruse and misleading.
The crisis, which has pitched the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, against the members of the Olubadan-in-Council may be far from being over with the latest development.
A section of the media had yesterday reported the peace move, claiming that they were privy to a document, which contained the terms of the peace initiative.
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But, the elevated traditional rulers said the move is outside their knowledge and have no input from them, adding that as such, it would not be accepted by them for any reason.
The Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, who reacted on behalf of his brother monarchs and members of the Olubadan-in-Council, described the alleged peace move as out of tune with them.
Oba Balogun, who is the next in rank to Olubadan and the leader of the 21 Obas crowned by the former Governor Abiola Ajimobi on August 27, 2017, said there was no way any move could be made in their absence, being the direct beneficiaries of the law that granted them the elevation.
Oba Balogun said: “We are not averse to a peaceful resolution of the impasse, which was unnecessary in the first instance and which informed the recent rapprochement between the Olubadan palace and some of us.
“But to smuggle in a peace initiative that we are not part of through the backdoor is not acceptable to us and we reject the process in its entirety.”
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