Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji.
Respect the rule of regulation by desisting from saying that the set up of 21 Ibadan kings was irreversible, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, urged Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state.
The monarch additionally stated that it was flawed to ascribe political connotation to the controversies that greeted the governor’s set up of the baales and excessive chiefs.
In a assertion on Tuesday signed by the monarch’s Personal Assistant/Director of Media and Public Affairs, Adeola Oloko, the Olubadan referred to as on the general public to neglect the thought that the governor’s motion had come to remain.
The assertion mentioned, “The public ought to perish the thought that the controversial approval of beaded crowns by the Oyo State Government to Ibadan excessive chiefs and baales was irreversible, as our case in opposition to the federal government may be very alive. Recall that a judgment delivered by Justice Aiki of the Oyo State High Court had declared the entire chieftaincy reform unlawful, null and void.
“My humble opinion is that the process for approval of beaded crowns for any chief or baale in Ibadan was not mentioned on the Olubadan-in-Council stage. If it was mentioned, how would any of the High Chiefs bear two titles on the identical time? Oba and High Chief? Abomination.
“The Olubadan is not opposed to provision of cars for traditional rulers by the state government, he, however, appealed to Governor Ajimobi to prevail upon the kings to release the 11 months’ salaries of palace members of staff which they had been withholding along with Olubadan’s salary cheques, even when the allocations for traditional councils had been released.”