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The Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Rasheed Olabomi, yesterday denied claims that he was inciting the public against Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke and his executive council (exco), over his approval of a new Chieftaincy Law for his community.

The monarch said his only plea to Governor Adeleke to rescind his approval of the new law for the town was misconstrued by mischief makers.

The Nation reports that Adeleke approved a new Chieftaincy Law, which included Lagbua Ruling House, among royal families, hence, Oba Olabomi kicked against it, noting that the decision might cause crisis in his domain.

The monarch, addressing reporters in his palace yesterday, said his protest against the decision of Adeleke was not inciting, but to express his displeasure, which was supported by democracy.

He said: “I have high regard for Governor Adeleke and the exco. Hence, I could not have contemplated disrespecting constituted authority. 

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“I have very close relationship with many members of the exco and I have never failed to give them high regard. For the past 17 years that I have been enthroned, I have been committed to the pursuit and maintenance of peace in my domain, as well as in other parts of the state. I can, therefore, never incite the public against the governor or his exco.“

He said he met Governor Adeleke on January 28, 2024 in Iragbiji and even weeks ago at the airport where he accorded him best of regard.

“I like to, again, passionately appeal to Governor Adeleke and the exco  to reconsider their stand on the Aragbiji Chieftaincy,” he said.

…urges Tinubu to intervene 

A ruling house, Lagbua of Iragbiji Town in Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State has cautioned Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Rasheed Olabomi to desist from issuing threats against Governor Ademola Adeleke for approving new Chieftaincy law for the community. 

The Nation reports that following the approval of Governor Adeleke of the new Chieftaincy law which included Lagbua Ruling House, Oba Olabomi said the decision may set his domain on fire, noting that the move is purely political.

Rising from the Lagbua ruling house meeting held on Saturday, one of the heads of the family, Barrister Adeleke Adeyemo urged President Bola Tinubu, Inspector General of Police and other security heads, to call Aragbiji to order over his statement.

He explained that the Lagbua family (Oso descendant) was the first settler who founded Iragbiji and later accommodated his younger brother(Owa) years later. 

He said the Lagbua(Oso) family has five compounds including Ajibolu (Ooye), Olupejobi, Oluode, Odogun and Elemo Osho while Owa has four. 

He explained that two royal families of Oso and Owa had been rotating the seat of Baale of Iragbiji till 1934 when the Judicial Council of Ibadan crowned Oloyede Dada of Owa as the first Aragbiji, hence they ought to rotate the royal seat. 

Adeyemo remarked that the first draft of the Aragbiji Chieftaincy Declaration of 1951 made the Oso second on the list which was affirmed by the Ifelodun District Council through a letter dated Saturday 2nd June, 1956. 

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Meanwhile, he said, in 1957, the Lagbua(Oso-the first settler) family was removed from the declaration because of some interest which successive government conducted enquiries and favoured them (Oso) but was truncated before implementation. 

Adeyemo disclosed that the government of Olagunsoye Oyinlola set up a panel which recommended that Lagbua must be included in the Chieftaincy law in its report submitted on July 28th 2010 but before approval government changed hands.

“Aregbesola’s administration in a letter dated April 3rd 2013 rejected the panel’s recommendation without any basis and also failed to reply to the letter written by our lawyer till the tenure expired.”

The ruling house said the government of Ademola Adeleke implemented the report of the Judicial Panel of 2010 at the State Executive Council meeting and commended the gesture, describing it as justice for Lagbua. 

He said: “Governor Adeleke served justice on this matter and communicated the verdict. We call on President Bola Tinubu, security operatives to call Oba Rasheed Olabomi to order as his actions and statements were full of threats to cause violence in Iragbiji and full of attacks on the government.”

Meanwhile, Osun State Government through its Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs, Dosu Babatunde debunked claims of Aragbiji that the approval was political. 

…says he only opposed to inclusion of alien ruling house

The Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Rasheed Olabomi on Sunday denied claims that he was inciting public against Governor Ademola Adeleke and his cabinet over his approval of new Chieftancy Law for his community.

Oba Olabomi noted that his only plea to Adeleke to rescind his approval of the new Chieftaincy Law for the town was misconstrued by mischief makers.

The Nation reports that Adeleke approved new Chieftaincy Law which included Lagbua Ruling House among royal families, hence, Oba Olabomi kicked against it noting that the decision may cause a crisis in his domain.

The monarch addressing newsmen in his palace in Sunday noted that his protest against the decision of Adeleke was not inciteful but to express his displeasure which is supported by democracy.

According to him, “I have very high regards for His Excellency, Governor Ademola Adeleke, and the State Executive Council. Hence, I could not have contemplated disrespecting the constituted authority.

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“I have very close relationship with many members of the State Executive Council, and I have never failed to give them high regards. For the past seventeen years that I have been enthroned, I have been committed to the pursuit and maintenance of peace in my domain as well as in other parts of the State. I can therefore, never incite members of the public against the Executive Governor of my State nor his cabinet members.“

He disclosed that he met Adeleke on January 28th 2024 in Iragbiji and even weeks ago at Airport where he accorded him best of regard.

“I like to, again, passionately appeal to Adeleke and the State Executive Council, to kindly reconsider their stand on the Aragbiji Chieftaincy,” he ended.

• Aragbiji twisting facts—Osun govt

The Lagbua ruling house of the Iragbiji community in the Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State has cautioned the monarch of the town, Oba Rasheed Olabomi to desist from issuing threats against Governor Ademola Adeleke for approving new chieftaincy law for the community.

The Nation reports that following the approval of Governor Ademola Adeleke’s approval of the new Chieftaincy law, Oba Olabomi has said the decision may set his domain on fire noting that the move is political.

Rising from a meeting held in the town on Saturday, the spokesperson for the family, Adeleke Adeyemo, a lawyer, urged President Bola Tinubu, Inspector General of Police, and other security heads to call the monarch to order over the threat of violence he issued against Adeleke.

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Adeyemo explained that two royal families of Oso and Owa had been rotating the seat of Baale of Iragbiji till 1934 when the Judicial Council of Ibadan crowned Oloyede Dada of Owa as the first Aragbiji, hence they ought to rotate the seat.

Adeyemo noted that the first draft of the Aragbiji Chieftaincy Declaration of 1951 had Owa as Second on the list, however, it was removed in 1953 because of certain interests which the Ifelodun District Council through a letter dated Saturday 2nd June 1956 insisted the Owa family must remain on the declaration.

The forum of former chairmen of Osun State Local Government Areas has berated Governor Ademola Adeleke for allegedly squandering N183 billion 30 council allocation.

The chairmen noted that the total sum of N183,196,629,321.19 was received between November 2022 to November 2024.

Addressing newsmen on Saturday in Osogbo, the head of the forum, Abiodun Owoeye alongside others claimed that the administration of Adeleke had violated the 1999 Constitution by withholding and spending the Federal Allocation credited to the 30 Local Government Councils.

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He said: “The actions(taken) by the Adeleke administration are against the decision of the Supreme Court as regards their funding, we are deeply concerned by the flagrant abuse and disregard to the judicial pronouncement of the highest court in the land.

“Adeleke administration has received, spent, and/or tampered with funds released from the Federation Account the sum of N183,196,629,321.19 standing to the credit of the 30 Local Government Councils in Osun State from November 2022 to November 2024.”

Meanwhile, the Osun State Government through the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapi Alimi while reacting to the allegation described it as frivolous.

A 29-year-old footballer, Adeyemi Adewale, has slumped and died during the 5th Isiaka Adeleke Memorial Cup final in Osun State.

The Nation gathered that the player died on Thursday during the final of the match held at Ataoja School of Science in commemoration of Governor Ademola Adeleke’s elder brother.

It was gathered that Adewale, who was playing for Ilesa West Football Team, clocked 29 of age yesterday when he died while his team was playing against Ejigbo Team.

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The Osun Police Command, through its spokesperson Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the death of the footballer, saying: “He slump on the pitch. He was rushed to Osun State University Teaching Hospital where he was later confirmed dead.

“The corpse has been deposited at the hospital morgue.”