The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba
Abdulrasheed Akanbi has called on Nigerians to continue to pray for his ‘child’
President Muhammadu Buhari.
He spoke in Ibadan, the Oyo State
capital on Monday during the opening of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),
Oyo State Council week themed “Recession, Restructuring: The Way Forward”.
The royal father said, said “Even
President Buhari is my child, you must pray that your child is better than you.
We pray that by their time they will do better than us. It is not about
Christianity or Islam, because we don’t have documented history. What we call
Orisa today are heroes. People we know as hero for example Ogun is the god of
iron, there was iron before Ogun but Ogun because Ogun made cutlass. I am not
saying we should not celebrate Ogun but the day you become king, you don’t
worship any god anymore.
“We are not in the 1st century
anymore, what is called witchcraft is poverty, it is negatively, you will not
see Folorunsho Alakija as witchcraft. Osi lonje Aje, Aje lonje Osi (It is
poverty that is called witchcraft, witchcraft is what is called poverty. When
there is so much poverty, the people in poverty will think that everybody will
come to their level. It is the myth that is killing African.
“We are all guilty, we have blood
in our hands, when you see people looking for promotion, they will go to Alfa,
Pastor, Babalawo.
“Unless we stop all these blood
everywhere, we can’t get it right in Nigeria. Blame yourself and the
superstition, tell me what you were making before the white men came.
He added that President Muhammadu
Buhari has started war against corruption in government as he urged traditional
rulers to begin the war in the traditional institution.
He said “Buhari has started the
war on corruption in government, you need to start checking corruption in the
traditional institutions.
“Eradicate secret society, do an
enlightenment act. We are dying, is worse than Boko Haram, it is worse than
disaster.
“A king should not belong to any
secret society, I don’t belong to one. The meaning of government is Alakoso
(Administrator). And not a society of kings.
Speaking further, the monarch
said he would continue to challenge the status quo, stressing that most people
who were in the habit of challenging the existing belief, are always termed
‘controversial.’
He added, “I must be
controversial, when you are saying the truth, you must be controversial, things
that will challenge the statusquo. I challenge the statusquo, that is why I
remain controversial.”
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