Gani Adams congratulates new Ooni 

The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples’Congress and Worldwide Convener of the  Oodua Progressive Union, Otunba Gani Adams has congratulated the new Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, for ascending the throne of the cradle of Yorubaland peacefully and legally.

Otunba Adams described the appointment of the new Ooni of Ife as the divine anointment  of another enigmatic Oba, whose reign will enhance the glory of the Yoruba race.

Adams, in a statement on Wednesday, congratulated Ogunwusi “for ascending the throne of Oduduwa at the time apportioned by the ancestral founders of Yoruba race when his aura will not only rub off on the ancient city of Ife, the Yoruba race in particular and the Yoruba people in Diaspora, but will shine to all corners of the world where Yoruba culture flourishes and blossoms.”

He added: “It gladden the hearts and pleases the owners of the four walls of the Earth  that the Ife kingmakers have done it the way it was supposed to be done and that is why things will be how it ought to be throughout the reign of Ooni Enitan Ogunwusi.

“The appointment of Ooni Enitan Ogunwusi and the popular acceptance it received by the people of Ife and Yoruba race showcased the import of applying traditional processes  when it is proper, apt and necessary.”

Otunba Adams called on the new Oonirisa not only to build and sustain the traditional structures and networking, which his forefathers have built and opened, but to embark on cultural irredentism of the Yoruba values and pristine heritage, which is under heavy threat of foreign influences.

He commended the people of Ife for the popular acceptance of the appointment of the Ooni and putting a shame on those outsiders or intruders who have been expecting a worse situation when the announcement was made.

Adams congratulated the Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, for displaying native intelligence and cultural sagacity in relation to the death and burial of the Ooni Okunade Sijuwade and the emergence and appointment of Ooni Enitan Ogunwusi.

He called on the Yoruba race to be happy and joyful as the ancestors have appointed an Ooni whose reign will be a reflection of his name, ENITAN: An Ooni whose strides and good deeds will be historical and epochal in the annals of the history of Yoruba race.