Two years after a tribunal’s verdict, a Lagos community has sought Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s assent for installation of its traditional ruler.
This was sequel to the setting up of a tribunal of inquiry into chieftaincy matters in Lagos State, led by Justice Titilola Ojikutu-Oshode (rtd), recommending that Chief Kabiru Bashiru, the Kekeniju of Oworonshoki, be elevated as a second-class monarch.
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Bashiru is yet to be elevated, which has forced the people of Oko Baba Agba community to appeal to Sanwo-Olu to grant their desire for a monarch.
The community members urged the governor to look into the recognition of the stool of Olu Oko Baba Agba, saying his intervention would facilitate development in the community.
They said the recognition of the stool would further give credit to the traditional institution of the community and empower the traditional ruler.
to use his influence to promote a conducive environment for residents to live, work and transact their businesses without intimidation.
Chief Nasiru Salami, the representative of the community and also the chairman of Olu Oko Baba Agba Royal Family, said since chieftaincy matters were synonymous with development, which was why the governor restored the office of rural development to the ministry, he should take it further by granting the prayers of the indigenes of Oko Baba Agba, by recognising the stool of Olu Oko Baba Agba, to aid the development of the community.
He said communities and towns that enjoyed development in the state were mostly the ones that recognised traditional institutions.