Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has
described kings as representatives of God on earth whose conducts should model
pure monarchy which does not give room for secondary means of communicating
with God.
This is as the monarch added that idol worshipping is alien
to kingship.
Oba Akanbi, who challenged the infiltration of idolatry to
subdue the sacred symbol of God on earth, stated that the foundation of every
crown is God.
Speaking through a statement made available by his Press Secretary, Alli Ibraheem, the Oluwo affirmed that idolatry was alien to kingship, noting that crowns are sacred, authoritative and the exclusive property of God.
According to the monarch, “God is the king, that means the
palace where the king lives should be the house of God. The only odium and
rival of God in that palace are the deities or idols. There cannot be two kings
in a palace.
“Idols must not be in a king’s palaces. Go and tell the
kings. You married a wife and she brought another man to the house, how would
it be? That is what the kings in Yorubaland are doing to God. Yet, they are
looking for God’s blessing.
“Our fathers who were monarchs who worshipped deities were
wrong. I take a bold step to apologise for their mistakes. The damage deity worshipping
by monarchs has caused us is monumental. I will lead the path to right the past
mistakes in the Yoruba traditional system. We can celebrate our exceptional
fathers, we must not worship them unless we want our children to worship us
too.
“Idol worshipping is a strange religion to kingship. This is
not about Christianity or Islam. It is a pure dictate of the Creator after
creation. Kings as representatives of God prime responsibility of promoting His
oneness from worshipping His rivals”, further stressing that only monarchs
carry the same name with God, but the same monarchs are promoting His rivals.
“My royalty is synonymous with the one brought by the
founding father of Yoruba crown (Oduduwa). Only God is the king. Oduduwa fought
deity and won Obatala. The greatest of God’s name is ‘King’. No one else bears
that name with him except monarchs. As such, we are just earthly
representatives.”
He further said that kings are expected to respect the
likeness of God and steer clear off His don’ts, which will cause direct access
to him and unquestionable authority, noting that due to the promotion of His
rivals (deities) by some kings, they are spiritually cut off by resigning
themselves to static gods.
Oluwo explained that there is a need to illuminate all the
monarchs in Yorubaland on their superiority over deities.
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