“I used to be not consulted” – Alaafin replies Gov Makinde over Ladoja’s inauguration as Obas council chairman in Oyo

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade,  says he was not consulted by Governor Seyi Makinde earlier than the inauguration of Oba Rashidi Ladoja, Olubadan of Ibadanland, as chairman of the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs.

The monarch mentioned his absence from the inauguration was deliberate, including that there was no prior dialogue with the governor on the difficulty of rotational chairmanship.

Governor Makinde had on Thursday inaugurated Oba Ladoja as chairman of the council on the Home of Chiefs.

The governor mentioned he consulted the three monarchs concerned within the rotation of the chairmanship — the Alaafin of Oyo, the Olubadan of Ibadanland and the Soun of Ogbomoso.

Governor Makinde mentioned the monarchs agreed that the Olubadan ought to occupy the place for the subsequent two years earlier than the chairmanship is rotated to others.

Nonetheless, reacting to the governor’s assertion, the Alaafin, in an announcement by his spokesman, Bode Durojaiye, denied any such session.

A part of the assertion learn: “The eye of the Alaafin’s Palace has been drawn to an announcement credited to His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde that he consulted with the three conventional rulers within the state, the Alaafin, the Olubadan and the Soun of Ogbomoso on the rotational chairmanship of the state council of Obas and Chiefs.

“The palace hereby needs to state clearly that there was no time that His Imperial Majesty, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Engineer Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, held any assembly with both the state governor or any of the 2 conventional rulers talked about above.”

The palace mentioned the Alaafin didn’t endorse any rotational chairmanship association among the many three monarchs.

“Additionally, the Alaafin didn’t inform the governor or make a categorical assertion on his endorsement of rotational chairmanship among the many three conventional rulers within the state,” the assertion mentioned.

It added that the place of the Alaafin and the Oyo neighborhood on the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs had earlier been communicated to the governor by a memorandum.