The Osun state
traditional council has suspended Abdulrosheed Akanbi, the oluwo of iwo, for
six months.
The suspension comes
a week after the news broke that Akanbi assaulted Dhikurulahi Akinropo, agbowu
of Ogbaagbaa, at a peace meeting summoned by an assistant inspector-general of
police.
Addressing
journalists after a meeting of the monarchs on Friday, Wahab Adedotun, orangun
of Ila, said the suspension was not based on the incident at the peace meeting
but due to Akanbi’s conduct to other traditional rulers in Yorubaland.
Adedotun alleged
that Akanbi had been rude to Lamidi Adeyemi, alaafin of Oyo, and Adeyeye
Ogunwusi, ooni of Ife.
Following the
incident which happened last week, there have been several calls for the
suspension of the Iwo monarch who had denied any wrongdoing.
At a press
conference he held five days after the encounter with Akinropo, Akanbi had said
there was a desperate gangup against him.
The monarch said
what happened between him and Akinropo was a “mere altercation and not physical
combat”.
“I did not punch
Agbowu of Ogbaagba, although there was altercation that almost resulted to
exchange of blows, but that didn’t happen at all,” he had said.
“I brought him and
other Obas to the police to talk to them on the need to stop selling land that
did not belong to them.
“I am fighting
corruption in a traditional way. They are selling a hectares of land at the
rate of N60,000, which I’m kicking against.
“I did not touch
Agbowu of Ogbaagba, although he was aggressive and we almost had altercation
but I did not punch him.”
The Iwo monarch
added that he is a peace-loving person.
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