Ooni Of Ife’s Authority Is Limited To Only Three Council Areas In Osun State—Alaafin Of Oyo

<h4>Ooni<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Alaafin of Oyo&comma; Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade&comma; has disclosed that the instrument of office presented to the Ooni of Ife&comma; Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi&comma; Ojaja 11 during his installation specifically limits his traditional area of authority to Oranmiyan Local Government&comma; which has now been split into three Local Governments&comma; namely&colon; Ife Central&comma; Ife North&comma; and Ife South&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Alaafin made this disclosure in a press statement signed by Bode Durojaiye&comma; Director of Media and Publicity to the Alaafin&comma; Paramount Ruler of Oyo Kingdom and the Superior Head of Yorubaland&comma; in which he gave the Ooni a 48 hours ultimatum to withdraw the title of Okanlomo of Yorubaland on business tycoon&comma; Dotun Sanusi<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The statement reads&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The attention of the Alaafin of Oyo and the Titan of Yorubaland&comma; Oba Engineer Abimbola Akeem Owoade I&comma; has been drawn to the purported conferment of the chieftaincy title of OKANLOMO of Yorubaland on a business tycoon&comma; Dotun Sanusi&comma; by the Ooni of Ife&comma; Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The conferment of a chieftaincy title that pertains to Yorubaland by the Ooni of Ife is not only an affront to the revered institution of the Alaafin&comma; who is the Titan of Yorubaland and holds the exclusive right to confer any chieftaincy title covering the entire Yorubaland on anyone&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Ooni of Ife is behaving as if there is no authority to check and call him to order&comma; and because of this &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;above the law” syndrome of his&comma; he is in the habit of walking over everybody’s rights&comma; including those of the apex court in the country&comma; the Supreme Court&comma; which has ruled on the exclusive preserve of the Alaafin to confer chieftaincy titles that cover the entire Yorubaland on anyone&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The instrument of office presented to Oba Ogunwusi during his installation specifically limits his traditional area of authority to Oranmiyan Local Government&comma; which has now been split into three Local Governments&comma; namely&colon; Ife Central&comma; Ife North&comma; and Ife South&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The dictum that nobody is above the law of the land is now being put to a crucial test&comma; and the reality of our time makes it obligatory for the Alaafin to call the Ooni of Ife to order and demand the REVOCATION of the so-called OKANLOMO of Yorubaland chieftaincy title conferred on Engineer Dotun Sanusi <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">WITHIN<&sol;a> 48 HOURS or face the consequences&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is a statement of fact that during the Alaafin’s unity tour to Yoruba monarchs&comma; he reiterated his message that there could be no development without unity&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Oba Owoade told the gathering&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is the joy of our forefathers for us to be in unity&comma; and they did their part in ensuring peace and unity in Yorubaland&semi; we must also strive to achieve this&period; God Himself is involved in our matters&semi; therefore&comma; we must always&comma; at all times&comma; be concerned about the peace and unity of Yorubaland&period; We say we want development&comma; but no meaningful and sustainable development will come without peace and unity&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;However&comma; it seems the Ooni of Ife is misconstruing the Alaafin&comma; Paramount with the Heart of Gold&comma; and his peace initiative as a sign of weakness&comma; hence taking decisions that are not only ultra vires but also derogatory to the Titan of Yorubaland&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>By Bode Durojaiye&comma; Director of Media and Publicity to the Alaafin&comma; Paramount Ruler of Oyo Kingdom and the Superior Head of Yorubaland&period;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Ife&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;