A comment credited to the Oluwo of Iwo in Osun State, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, that governors are the ones picking Obas in Yorubaland has attracted
DAILY POST reports that the Oluwo had in an interview with a national daily, claimed that Ifa, the Yoruba Oracle, has no role to play in the selection of an Oba these days like it used to happen in the olden days.
“I didn’t even meet the governor until the eve of the day I would be announced as the king. I met him at 1am and that was all,” he said. “The Oluwo, being an experienced traditional ruler, should know better that you don’t just utter a statement. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t have reacted to it, but the primary readers of the publication will look at it as if there’s no tradition in Yoruba land. Yoruba land is very rich in culture, and we spread across most of these zones, including Edo, Benin, Delta, Kogi and the rest of these powerful royal dynasties in Nigeria.
While telling Oluwo not to erase Yoruba tradition in the name of religion, Eselu maintained that there are traditions in India, Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem, Britain and others. Oba Akinyemi noted that Iwo is one of the reputable towns in Yorubaland and that he expected the Oluwo to know better than some of the kings as a senior traditional ruler, stressing that Oba Akanbi “shouldn’t be talking as if he doesn’t know what he’s saying.”
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