Oodua Peoples’ Congress OPC (Reformed) has condemned the controversial manner ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo commanded some monarch in Iseyin area of Oyo State to stand up and sit down at recent public function, urging Yoruba monarchs to shun the former president at public events.
President of the group, Chief Dare Adesope at a press briefing in Lagos described Obasanjo’s conduct as a slap on the Yoruba race that hold their king in high esteem.
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The OPC chieftain said: ”The former President, was a guest of Governor Seyi Makinde, and so are the kings so why should he choose to ridicule them in the presence of their subjects? Even if the kings are on residual list, Obasanjo action did not go in line with Yoruba culture, the kings should stop attending events with him, they should walk out if he meets them in an event,” he said.
According to Adesope, asking Obasanjo to beg for forgiveness is like chasing a white elephant because his actions were deliberate; the kings stood up on his arrival but he expected them to keep standing while he speaks on. This is beyond requesting a plea for forgiveness from him, this is for the kings to get their feet back on our culture and tradition, what makes one a Yoruba king is a strong spiritual protection but many kings are abusing this spirituality because they came through the back door.”
Adesope noted that any king that neglects his culture and tradition has already sold out his royalty.