Ruling Houses Pick Holes In Adeleke’s Removal Of Oba Famodun, Says Re-selection Is Against Igbajo Tradition, Culture
The Owa Oke-Ode Ruling Houses of Igbajo in Osun State have unanimously faulted the nullification of the selection process of Oba Adegboyega Famodun as the Owa of Igbajoland by the state Governor Ademola Adeleke in the White Paper issued yesterday.
Rising from an emergency meeting in Igbajo on Thursday, the members of the Omo Owa Oke-Ode numbering sixteen resolved in some resolutions that the government order of re-selection is against the custom and tradition of Igbajo.
The resolutions signed by High Chief Adewumi Taiwo, the Babaloye Akeran of Igbajoland; Prince Adeniyi Adeyemo, Secretary to Omo Owa Oke-Ode Ruling House of Igbajo and fourteen others, the kingmakers had selected Oba Philip Adegboyega Famodun as the authentic Owa of Igbajo November 22nd, 2022.
According to the resolutions: “All the due processes were followed in accordance with the Chieftaincy Law of the land for the selection starting from the ruling houses to the kingmakers to the local government and to the state government before the king was announced and installed.
“The tradition of installing the Owa of Igbajo cannot be reversed because the traditional rites cannot be performed twice.
“All the aggrieved princes are already challenging the emergence of Oba Philips Adegboyega Famodun in the competent court of law via suit No. HIK/1/2023. Prince Olaniyi Akande and ors Vs The Executive Governor of Osun State and Ors.
“We appealed to the government not to disturb the peace and tranquility the town has been enjoying for years and that the tradition and culture of Igbajoland are sacred and must be sustained.
“During the installation of the Owa of Igbajo, all the sons and daughters including the non-indigenes of Igbajo trooped out for the celebration”, the resolutions stated.
