Gists By Ooni, Olubadan delegations
Two delegations from the Ooni of Ife,
Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and the
Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu
Akanmu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso 1,
are currently in Benin Republic to
observe the proceedings of the court
case involving Chief Sunday Adeyemo,
also known as Sunday Igboho.
This was confirmed by the aides of the
traditional rulers to The PUNCH on the
telephone.
“Yes, they have arrived,” Olubadan’s
Personal Assistant/Director of Media
and Publicity, Adeola Oloko told our
correspondent.
The PUNCH had reported that Olubadan
did not disclose the identity of the
delegation sent to observe the court
proceedings.
Olubadan had said the delegation was
sent in order to allay the fears of
several people, including protesters
who besieged his palace.
He said, “Sunday Igboho lives in Ibadan,
got married in Ibadan, rear children in
Ibadan, built houses in Ibadan and as
such he has the rights to be protected
by Ibadan Traditional Institution within
the ambit of the law just like any
human being in Ibadan.”
The first-class monarch also allayed
public fears of a “repeat performance
of Yoruba-Fulani coalition of 1814”.
According to Oba Adetunji, students of
Nigerian history may wish to be
reminded that when some people
during the period under reference
chose to engage in territorial expansion
to the sea, it took the Ibadan army
under Balogun Oderinlo to repel the
attack and stop the incursion near
Osogbo.
Oba Ogunwusi had set up a 28-member
committee made up of notable South-
West personalities to look into the
arrest of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday
Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, and other
issues relating to the South-West.
“Yes, we are here. We will give him
feedback. Our purpose here is to get the
true situation of things and report
back,” a member of Ooni’s delegation
added.