The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, will visit Ekiti today to resolve the crisis between Governor Kayode Fayemi and some aggrieved monarchs
, The Nation can authoritatively report.
“Oba Ogunwusi and the governor had a fruitful discussion and they agreed to meet the monarch in Ado-Ekiti today, to officially pronounce an end to the crisis. I really do not understand anything about the letter that came from the Alaafin.” The letter, ‘Request to stop undue interference of His Majesty, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, in the internal affairs of Ekiti Obas’, was a reaction to the Alaafin’s alleged letter to Governor Kayode Fayemi.
In a writ of summons before the Ekiti High Court, the 17 aggrieved kings asked the court to reverse Fayemi’s action on the premise that the Alawe was not recognised by statute to chair the council. He urged Fayemi to avoid degrading the traditional institution, saying actions that could cause civil unrest at the expense of the peace and well-being of the citizens he swore to protect should be jettisoned.
“It is a matter of fact and law that grading, classification and composition of Council of Obas in Ekiti State, and perhaps anywhere in Nigeria, is governed by law through government gazettes, even from the colonial era.
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