Osun Govt Sues For Calm As Protesters Seek Oluwo’s Suspension

Indigenes and Residents of Ayedire, Olaoluwa and Iwo local governments of the state of Osun on Monday thronged the streets of Osogbo, the state capital to protest the alleged assault on one the Royal fathers in the area by the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi.

All the Chiefs and some residents in the ancient town of Ogbaagba and Ile-Ogbo and Iwo stated the peaceful protest to register their grievances over how they described Oluwo’s action as barbaric and total disrespectful to the tradition and culture of Yoruba race.

The protesters held that the action demands that the monarch be suspended with immediate effect.

In a statement, the state government said it is aware that the State Traditional Council is looking into the matter, adding that traditional rulers ought to protect and preserve the sacredness of traditional institutions.

“We believe in the dignity of traditional stools and sacredness of royalty. We will continue to preach peace among all our citizens and harmonious relationship among our traditional rulers.

“Government is aware that the State Council of Traditional Rulers has stepped into the matter and we are confident that the council will take appropriate steps to preserve peaceful coexistence among the Obas in the state. We do not want any crisis in any part of the State,” the government added.

The statement through the Ministry of Information and Civic Orientation described as unfortunate and avoidable, the face-off between the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed and Oba Dhikrulahi Akinropo, Agbowu of Ogbaagbaa town, during a peace meeting at the office of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of zone 11, Bashir Makama last Friday.

Mrs. Funke Egbemode, the commissioner in charge of the ministry says the government noted that situations where royal fathers engage in public display of temperament do not edify the revered stools of the forebears of Yorubaland.