Member of Oniwonlu Royal Family of Ibeju kingdom in Lagos State, Prince Jimoh Adesanya Oniwonlu, has said the Onibeju stool of Ibeju is still vacant.
He said nobody has yet been nominated and presented as an oba – elect to fill the position.
Prince Oniwonlu, who added that the stool remains the subject of a pending litigation, advised the public to disregard a publication presenting Prince Ademuyiwa Akande Oniwonlu as oba-elect .
Prince Jimoh Oniwonlu spoke in a statement on behalf of the Royal family while reacting to a report of September 5, presenting Prince Ademuyiwa Akande Oniwonlu as Oba -elect Prince Jimoh Oniwonlu alleged that the said Oba-elect is a product of Kangaroo election conducted by a compromised, biased and divided 5-man selection committee which went behind to present Prince Ademuyiwa Akande Oniwonlu as Oba -elect.
He recalled that when the last Oba of Onibeju joined his ancestors, it became the turn of the family of Oniwonlu to produce the next Oba for Onibeju stool, a development that led the family to set up a 5-man committee for the selection of the next Omo-Oye.
According to him, during the process of selection, the following candidates – Prince Adewale Adeyemi Abdul-Rauf, Prince Ademuyiwa Akande and Prince Idris Ajumobi were shortlisted and afterwards, sent to the kingmakers by the Oniwonlu Royal Family.
He noted that along the line, some names were added as candidates by the kingmakers following petitions from affected aspirants that they were excluded from the process but after screening and divination from oracle (‘Ifa’ ) by the ‘Kngmakers’ on all the candidates, Prince Adewale Adeyemi Abdul – Rauf Oniwonlu and Prince Waliu Olasunkanmi scaled through.