The Palace of Alaafin of Oyo has said that the monarch, Oba Akeem Owoade, has never held any meeting with Governor Seyi Makinde following the latter’s statement that he consulted him and two other paramount rulers on the rotational chairmanship of the state Council of Obas and Chiefs.
This was contained in a statement released by the Director of Media and Publicity to the Alaafin, Bode Durojaye, in Ibadan, the state capital, on Thursday.
Oyo Affairs reports that Governor Makinde had pronounced Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja as chairman during the inauguration of the council, held at the House of Chiefs, Secretariat in Ibadan, on Thursday.
The governor said he had consulted with the trio of the Alaafin, the Olubadan and the Soun, with the three of them reaching a consensus that the chairmanship should start with the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja.
Makinde said, “I consulted the Alaafin of Oyo; the Olubadan of Ibadanland and the Soun of Ogbomoso. And the agreement we reached is that they will start the rotation with the Kabiyesi Olubadan of Ibadanland. So, on that basis, I hereby pronounce the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs inaugurated.”
However, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Owoade was conspicuously absent from the event.
A statement released by Durojaye said, “The attention of the Alaafin’s Palace has been drawn to a statement credited to Governor Seyi Makinde that he consulted with the three traditional rulers in 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 wants to state clearly that there was no time that His Imperial Majesty, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade 1, held any meeting with either the State Governor or any of the two traditional rulers mentioned above.
“Also the Alaafin did not tell the Governor or make a categorical statement on his endorsement of rotational Chairmanship among the the three traditional rulers in the State.
“The position of the Alaafin and the Entire Oyo Community on the general issue of the,State, Council of Obas, and Chiefs has been enunciated in a Memo delivered to His Excellency by the Oyo Council of Elders,” the Palace added.
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