Ibadan’s highest traditional decision making body, the Olubadan-in-Council has accused the Governor of Oyo State, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of bringing disrepute the Ibadan Chieftaincy institution.
The Olubadan also faulted the purported visit made to the Alaafin by President Jonathan over the weekend, describing this as an act which can jeopardize peace in the state.
The Olubadan, in a statement, through the Secretary of his Council, Kamoru Iliasu, described President Jonathan’s visit as being selective.
The Olubadan said while he and other members of the Council were waiting for the arrival of the president, Jonathan breached the protocol of visiting him as the Chairman of the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs and instead visited Governor Ajimobi, who went with him to visit the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III.
The development, according to the Olubadan, indicates that Ajimobi still recognises the Alaafin of Oyo as the permanent chairman of the state Council of Obas and Chiefs, which is contrary to the existing Chieftaincy Law as amended in 2011 in Cap 37 Laws of Oyo State, 2000, which makes the Chairmanship title rotational between the Alaafin, the Olubadan and Soun of Ogbomoso every two years.
The Olubadan, however, appealed to President Jonathan and Governor Ajimobi to desist from misleading acts capable of jeopardizing the peace of the state and bringing Ibadan Chieftaincy institution into disrepute.