The kingmakers in Oyo town, otherwise known as the Oyomesi in Council, have dragged Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to court over the vacant stool of the Alaafin of Oyo.
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He spoke during an interview on the Honest Bunch Podcast with On Air Personality, Nedu Wazobia.
Akande-Sadipe, in a statement made available to newsmen, described the monarch as a seasoned administrator, who has used his knowledge and experience to bring about revolution in Oyo.
In a very conscious build-up, preparations are already at feverish points for the conferment of the prestigious chieftaincy title of Maiyegun of Yorubaland on Fuji Czar, K-1 De Ultimate, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, in a few days.
According to those who believe in this school of thought, a polygamist is not a man that marries more than one wife, but any man that has a wife at home and keeps a Mistress or Mistresses outside his matrimonial home. Among the Yoruba, polygamy is however not seen as anything bad, going by the agricultural advantage it brings to farmer-husbands who in the past years used their wives and children to cultivate their farms instead of hiring labourers.
The Alaafin of Oyo, who commended the lawmakers for conducting their Thursday plenary session in Yoruba Language, urged the Yoruba to unite in order to ensure growth and development of the race
efore the creation of Osun State in 1991, the Alaafin and the late Ooni Sijuwade were sworn enemies over the chairmanship of old Oyo State Council of Obas
The monarch, who was at the Government House, Osogbo to present the award, stated that Aregbesola has always been at the forefront of projecting the “Omoluabi ethos”, which the yoruba race has always preached