According to Obaseki, Adams deserves the appointment based on the sterling leadership qualities exhibited as the National Coordinator of the Odua People’s Congress
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According to the monarch, he has done his own bit in addressing the division among the Yoruba race by doing what the people wanted in giving them the Aare Ona Kakanfo of their choice.
The 40th Owa Obokun Adimula made the charge in his palace at the weekend during a courtesy call by the Aare Ona Kakanfo designate
The Alaafin’s son, born as Adetona Adeyemi, revealed this on his Instagram page.
Adams is the National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, but apart from this, he is involved in more eclectic enterprises. On the cultural plane, he is the organizer and founder of the yearly Olokun Festival, set up to honour the Yoruba goddess of the sea and wealth. He is of the opinion that politics should not be left to politicians alone. He believes that the Yoruba people of Nigeria should be under only one regional government to maximize their advantage and advance their economic and cultural interests. With the new honour coming from Oyo, Adams now has a pedestal to pursue those interests.
he decision of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi in picking Otunba Adams as the new Generalissimo after about 20 years of wait, the former Governor said, is divine and a sacredly delayed act in order to choose the anointed one
At a media chat in Lagos, Adams promised to use the new position to make friends, resolve issues and fight for the unity of Yoruba and the entire Nigeria
All Progressives National Congress National Stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated the Oodua People’s Congress Leader, Otunba Gani Adams,…
The information on the development was contained in a letter sent to Adams by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Sunday
Adams said this on Monday during the 24th anniversary celebration of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, won by the late Bashorun MKO Abiola
The Alafin, who was represented by the Bashorun of Oyo, Chief Ayoade Olawuyi, during the 2017 edition of the annual Aje Festival in Lagos, said there is a strong need to shift focus from oil to tourism
The festival, which is an expanded form of the maiden edition of the Nigerian Drums Festival held in Abeokuta in 2016, also drew participants from Haiti and observers from Dallas in the United States
Adeyemi made the commendation while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja
Oba Ogunwusi’s key message: unity, peace and cooperation among traditional rulers and peoples of Yorubaland.
He is clear-minded in that mission.
This was sequel to a petition filed by Jacob Oluokun and Suleiman Ishola on behalf of some concerned indigenes of Oyo town before the ICC, asking it to investigate all the alleged human rights violations of the monarch
On December 15, 2014, a Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, had issues an order of mandamus compelling the Inspector General of Police to investigate Oba Adeyemi for alleged criminalities, including murder, bomb planting, unlawful possession of arms and so on.
The allegations were contained in a March 18, 2014 petition to the IG’s office
The court had on December 15, 2014 in suit number FHC/IB/CS/54/2014, granted an order of Mandamus, compelling the IGP to investigate alleged criminal activities levelled against Oba Adeyemi and contained in a petition to his office, dated March 18, 2014 and signed by Chiefs Jacob O. Oluokun and Sulaiman Ajiboye Ishola
He expressed confidence that if implemented, the Confab report was capable of taking Nigeria to greater heights
We have concrete evidence and are in possession of documents to show the neck-deep involvement of Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III in this blood-curdling enterprise which would have shattered the peace and stability of Oyo town. Names of the persons in whose custody the bombs and explosive are given as Mojeed Agbaje [erstwhile head of Tobalase, Alaafin’s private army], one Yisau, Antony Fatoki and Alhaji Olayiwola Apeka including Akeem Niniowo and Isiaka who was entrusted with the job of procuring these items. Please also find attached a copy of the said petition
The monarch used the opportunity to call on the US Government to assist Nigeria in fighting terrorism, which he described as the major problem facing Nigeria at the moment