Igbajo Throne: Odofin Iloro  Accuses Agbojuomi Family  Of Distorting  History

The Odofin-Iloro Royal Family of The Owa-Iloro Ruling House in Igbajo, Osun state  has urged Governor Gboyega Oyetola to disregard the  petition   jointly signed by Chief Aderemi Adeife and Prince Taye Abodunrin, who, they noted, had claimed fraudulent titles as Head and the Acting Secretary of Owa Iloro Ruling House respectively.

In a  rejoinder to the petition by the above petitioners  dated October 6, 2022  and published in The Punch Newspaper and the Daily Post, a copy of which was  also sent to Osun State Chief Judge and other authorities in the state, the Odofin-Iloro Royal Family  accused the petitioners of promoting half- truths.

In response to the petition, High Chief Emmanuel Akano Oladejo, who is the  Odofin Iloro of Igbajoland and  Head of Omoowa Iloro Ruling Houses, said  the petition written by Chief Adeife and Prince Abodunrin was done in a bad faith with the intention of misinforming the public and subsequently causing avoidable crisis in the peaceful Igbajo community.

High Chief Oladejo, who described the authors and signatories to the petition as mere impostors ,claimed that Chief Adeife is an ordinary ‘compound chief’, who  operates under him as Odofin Iloro of Igbajoland.

The Odofin Iloro in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com on Friday  asserted  that “there is no name or any name or within our Omoowa in Igbajo known as ‘Owa Iloro Agbon Ruling House’.

‘As it was written and stated in our Igbajo Chieftaincy Declaration as amended and registered on the 9th day of March 2005, there were only two ruling houses in Igbajo namely: the Owa-Iloro, where the immediate-past Owa of Igbajo, the late Adeniyi Fasade and us belong and the Owa-Oke Ode, from where we are expecting the next Owa.

At this juncture, the said ‘compound chief’ , Chief Aderemi Adeife Latilo is now trying to secede  and unlawfully create a third ruling house in Igbajo which cannot hold as it’s illegal, unconstitutional, null and void and unknown to our culture and tradition in Igbajo as a peaceful settlement of ages in Osun State.

Therefore, now it is the turn of Omoowa Oke-ode to fill the vacant stool of the Owa of Igbajo which we urge Your Excellency to act upon as a matter of urgency.

Your Excellency Sir, all other stories of the Agbojuomi family and their grievances were not known to us in Omoowa-Iloro Ruling House and as such, we are not part of their submission thereof” High Chief Oladejo stated.

It would be recalled that the  Igbajo throne had become vacant  following the passing  of Oba Olufemi Fasade in December 2020.

 ‘The impostor-signatories from the non-existing and unknown ‘Owa Iloro Agbon Ruling Houses as opposed to the legally-recognized and known ‘Owa Iloro Ruling House in Igbajo’ had brazenly alleged a plot to give accelerated hearing to a matter it instituted to pave the way for the installation of the state  All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman, Prince Gboyega Famodun, as  Owa of Igbajoland’ the statement added- Team@orientactualmags.com
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