Ado-Ekiti Dynamic Club has condemned the outburst by Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose during his meeting with Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe Aladesanmi lll, the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti and his council of chiefs.
The monarch had placed before the governor, complaints of the indigenes about rampant demolition of houses under the guise of urban renewal.
He said his subjects complained that their houses were demolished without any notice of acquisition, payment of compensation, relocation or allocation of alternative land. Spokesman for the club, which is a socio-cultural and non-political association of Ado-Ekiti indigenes worldwide, Solomon Adetuberu, said: “In many cases, residents will go to work and return in the evening only to find that their houses have been demolished along with their belongings.
“But in his repulsive response, Fayose displayed lack of respect, arrogance and pomposity to Ewi’s simple presentation of complaints from his people.
“While the government’s so- called urbanisation should have been hailed, the rude and uncouth manner exhibited by Fayose to the Ewi in the palace irked Ado indigenes and all well-meaning people. The governor’s utterance to the Ewi is devoid of respect expected from a governor to a traditional ruler.
“The club views the governor’s attitude as bestial and a departure from the hallmark of Omoluabi in Yoruba land where respect is accorded traditional rulers, which Fayose has desecrated.
“The club admires the maturity and calmness displayed by the Ewi throughout Fayose’s unprovoked outburst in the palace.”