There are indications that the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, yesterday deliberately shunned the inauguration of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, as the chairman of Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs.
This is because the monarch, after the event, said he was not at any time consulted by Governor Seyi Makinde to discuss rotational chairmanship with him.
The Alaafin, in a statement last night by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye, said he did not tell the governor or make a categorical statement on his endorsement of rotational chairmanship among himself, the Olubadan and Soun of Ogbomosho
The statement read: “The attention of the Alaafin’s Palace has been drawn to a statement credited to Governor Makinde that he consulted with three traditional rulers in the state, the Alaafin, the Olubadan and the Soun of Ogbomoso, on the rotational chairmanship of the state Council of Obas and Chiefs.
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“The Palace hereby wants to state clearly that there was no time His Imperial Majesty, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade 1, held any meeting with either the governor or any of the two traditional rulers mentioned above.
“Also, the Alaafin did not tell the Governor or make a categorical statement on his endorsement of rotational chairmanship among the three traditional rulers.
“The position of the Alaafin and the entire Oyo community on the general issue of the state Council of Obas and Chiefs has been enunciated in a memo delivered to His Excellency by the Oyo Council of Elders.”