The Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland
and former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja has declared that the
state governor Senator Abiola Ajimobi has shown that he was the prime target of
the review of Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration.
Ladoja noted that by asking him
to either “join in the mockery of obaship and agree to be made a
government-appointed oba” or forfeit his right to the throne, Ajimobi has
openly demonstrated that he was the target.
The former governor who spoke
through his media aide, Alhaji Lanre Latinwo, said he remained the Osi Olubadan
of Ibadanland and would neither agree to being a government-appointed oba with
no domain, chiefs and subjects nor “support attempt at desecrating the Olubadan
throne”.
Ladoja said “thousands of Ajimobi
can’t stop Ladoja from becoming the Olubadan if it is the will of God,”
advising the governor to stop playing God.
“High Chief Ladoja believes that only God chooses the Olubadan as clearly demonstrated in the divine enthroned of the current Olubadan, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Saliu Adetunji, who was three steps to the throne.
“May God lengthen the years and reign of Oba Adetunji in sound health. We will like to make it clear that thousands of Ajimobi can’t stop Ladoja from becoming the Olubadan if it is the will of God.Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
“People continue to ask the question why the mockery of obaship in Ibadanland is the most important thing to Ajimobi of all the challenges facing his government. It is now clear that Ajimobi has found in this futile exercise, a distraction from his six years of misgovernment in the state.
“Ajimobi is using temporary executive power for ego trip and feels that he is humiliating perceived enemies and also playing God. Why should the governor turn himself into a kingmaker, ignoring the long-established peaceful, self-reforming chieftaincy system of Ibadanland that has become the envy of many cities because it is rancour-free?
“Today, August 29, makes it exactly 21 months to the expiry of Ajimobi’s governorship. The state will surely be freed from the stranglehold of the Emperor and the office will outlive the officer. Very soon, Ajimobi’s portrait will join those of ex-governors hung on the wall of the Executive Council Chambers. Whatever has a beginning must surely have an end.
“Again, we will like to appeal to the people of Ibadanland to remain calm and peaceful, even in the face of provocation, as this misuse of power, pursuit of vendetta and bastardisation of a rancour-free process will be challenged to the end through constitutional and peaceful means.
“High Chief Ladoja is already in court over the matter and we await a judicial pronouncement on it soon. Ajimobi who set up a panel disregarding Ibadan traditional system, received its report and interpreted its recommendations to suit his selfish agenda against the popular wish of the people of Ibadan and the Olubadan. This is laughable.
“Without recourse to the state House of Assembly which has the constitutional duty to make or amend laws, he has appropriated legislative function and added such to his executive role. This charade can’t obviously pass a judicial challenge.
“We ask him to enjoy the remaining months of his governorship while it lasts. We wish to remind him that he has booked an unenviable chapter for himself in the annals of the history of Ibadan and posterity will judge him.”
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