A group, the Yoruba Youth
Socio-Cultural Association, YYSA, has called out the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Adewale
Akanbi, condemning his alleged adoption of the title of an Emir. They also
knocked the monarch for wearing a turban instead of the Yoruba traditional cap
or the crown.
National Coordinator of YYSA, Olalekan
Hammed told the Punch on Sunday that the Oluwo’s action could precipitate
crisis in the future if not checked now.
The Oluwo has been dressing like
an emir and wearing turban occasionally.
On Saturday, he was seen in
turban when he installed Yakub Abdul-Baqi Mohammed as the Waziri of Yorubaland
at his palace in Iwo.
Oba Akanbi made the installation
despite warning from the League of Imams and Alfas in South-West, Edo and Delta
states that he had no such right to confer an Islamic title which cut across
the entire South-West on anybody.
Reacting, the YYSA leader said,
“If there is animosity among the Obas, he should work towards resolving it; he
cannot just take the title of an Emir. What he is doing now is contrary to the
tradition and history of the throne he occupies. Oluwo is not an Islamic title,
it is a cultural title.
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“We have had a Christian as the
Oluwo in the past (from 1958 to 1982 ). What if another Christian becomes Oluwo
in the future?
“Will he be allowed to change the
title to that of evangelist or what or will he be referred to as an Emir of
Iwo? It is not proper.
“Even the Oluwo is not in the
position to install anybody the Waziri of Yorubaland because it is an Islamic
title. The League of Imams has that power.
“As the Oluwo of Iwo land, he his
restricted to Iwo land. Obas are custodians of culture and traditions and Oluwo
should behave like one.
“Wearing a turban is like
importing the culture of some other people into Yorubaland. He should wear the
crown or Yoruba cap. What he is doing is contrary to Yoruba culture and he
should lay a good example for the youths.”
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