Notwithstanding that Governor Seyi Makinde said the emergence of the new Alaafin of Oyo would follow the appropriate procedures, social media has been awash with the news that Lukman Ayinla Gbadegesin Agunloye has emerged as the Alaafin-elect.
In what came as a surprise to many yesterday when a social media platform published that Agunloye has been selected as the new Alaafin of Oyo, one of the contestants for the stool, Bishop Ayo Ladigbolu, urged caution over such publication, saying: “As a critical stakeholder in the contest for the stool, I am supposed to know. But as it is, nobody told me anything.
The governor said he would rather have the selection of the monarch delayed for the sake of due process rather than record a repeat of a situation where a monarch is removed by the courts for failure to abide by due process. When contacted, however, the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Oyelowo Oyewo , expressed surprise with the news.
Oyewo said: “That is not possible now. How can that happen? Did you hear the governor yesterday? It is a social media kite. Some people fly kites. The selection of the new Alaafin is not a guerrilla warfare. The laid down process of law will be followed.Also, the Baba-Iyaji of Oyo, who is the head of princes in the town that have roles to play in the emergence of a new Alaafin, Mukaila Afonja, dismissed the story.
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