Chieftaincy Title: Tension as Ooni of Ife Ignores Alaafin’s 48-Hour Ultimatum, “Empty Threat”
- Fresh crisis brewed in Yorubaland as the row between the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, took a new dimension
- This was as the Alaafin of Oyo gave the Ooni a 48-hour ultimatum to reverse the chieftaincy title conferred on a popular Ibadan-based business mogul, Dotun Sanusi
- Moses Olafare, the spokesperson for Ooni, in a statement released on Tuesday, disclosed why his principal will not reverse the title
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Moses Olafare, the spokesperson for Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has explained the reasons why the monarch will not react to the 48-hour threat by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, to reverse the title conferred on a popular Ibadan-based business mogul, Dotun Sanusi.
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Olafare, in a Facebook post shared on Tuesday, August 19, disclosed that Oba Ogunwusi had particularly directed him to ignore the revered Oyo monarch.
According to him, the Ooni will not dignify what he described as “unidentifiable” with an official response, stressing that he had left the matter to be handled in the public court of opinion.
“My principal has directed me against issuing a Press Release on the Empty Threat of the Alawada Babasala. I beg to disappoint you, gentlemen of the press.
“We cannot dignify the ‘unidentifiable’ with an official response. We leave the matter to be handled in the public court of opinion, as it is already being treated.
“Let’s rather focus on narratives that unite us rather than the ones capable of dividing us. No Press Release please (sic) 48 Hours My Foot,” he wrote.
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There will be consequences - Alaafin warns
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade, opposed the decision of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, to confer the title of Okanlomo of Yorubaland.
Oba Owoade gave the Ooni 48 hours to revoke the title conferred on an Ibadan businessman, Engineer Dotun Sanusi.
The Alaafin of Oyo claimed Ooni's action was against both the tradition and the judgment of the Supreme Court.
The Alaafin reiterated that he holds the exclusive right to bestow titles that cover the entire Yorubaland.
The Alaafin warned that if the Ooni fails to withdraw the title within 48 hours, “consequences will follow.”
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Jonathan hosts Ooni in Bayelsa
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported earlier that former president Goodluck Jonathan received Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ọjájá II, at his residence in Yenagoa, on Friday, May 2.
Jonathan expressed deep appreciation to the Ooni in what he described as a royal visit and a significant gesture of unity and mutual respect.
The former president also expressed gratitude to the monarch for the royal gifts and shared photos of the developments on his social media page.
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