By Our Correspondent
Indigenes of Ado-Odo, under the aegis of "Leaders of thought and stakeholders of the ancient Awori Kingdom, in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest to the Oke-Mosan Secretariat Office of the State governor to draw the attention of the State Governor, Prince Dàpo Abiodun to what they described as " looming crisis on the vacant Olofin of Ado-Odo and the need for proactive steps in averting such crisis by the state government.
Addressing newsmen during the protest, Chief Olamide Akinola, the Ojomu of Ado-Odo called on the state government to take a review of its stance on Chieftaincy matters in Ado Odo Kingdom to give Awori creed freehand in the choice of their monarch in view of the fact that it has no consenting or preseribed authority.
Chief Akinola accused a section of Yewa Traditional Council and one Chief Akeem Adigun of plan to foist a candidate, who is not an indigene of Ado-Odo as the new Olofin of Ado.
Going memory lane, Chief Akinola said, Ado-Odo has witnessed an unprecedented violence, in which no fewer than 11 persons were killed, with attendant extensive damage to properties
which the community is yet to recover under the reign of Late Oba Adeniran Akanni, who was installed on May 2 ,2009 after the Supreme Court verdict.
Also, Ado-Odo witnessed upheavals with the unfortunate crisis at ldi Oniporogun between the late Olofin Akanni and youths which forced the monarch to be on exile on April 13, 2013.
In brevity, the late Oba Lateef Akanni lived on exile until he returned to Ado-Odo on 20
December, 2020 amidst tight security. The said monarch came to Ado-Odo openly twice or thrice and at no time, did he enter the Olofin's Palace which has been abandoned since his exit from Ado Odo as stated earlier.
He clarified that some people who are now parading themselves as Chiefs and Baales in the community were not traditionally installed in Olofin Palace, stressing that their appointments made illegally in breach of Ado-Odo traditional ethos and statutory procedures
"That the mainstream of Aworis are being made target of persecution because of hidden agenda by a section of Yewa Traditional Council to foist a puppet Chief Alabi Adewale (Are of lpokia), who is an indigene of lpokia from Ijofin as the new Olofin of Ado".
We appeal to the State Government to caution Chief Akeem Adigun, the Apagunpote of Yewa land, to tread softly and keep off royal battle of the new Olofin of Ado Odo whatsoever.
He appealed to "the Ogun State government to revisit the case of Osolo of Ado, Oba Mufutau Agbogunlori Dosumu and Bajomu Musiliu Olabisi Odunaro Ojomu, saying that they are both known as Kabiyesi and are also quarter chiefs with the Osolo, being the Traditional Prime Minister of Ado and Chairman of kingmakers
He added that, "the Olofin of Ado-Odo has no power to have unilaterally nominated or installed anybody as Bajomo and Oga llu without concurrent endorsement of such candidate by the concerned family. And in the case of Ogailu by at least 50 families constituting each of the indigenous quarter with the Bajomo and Chairman of Oke Osi quarter as conveners of such meeting".
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