Don't Allow Your Officials in Department of Chieftaincy to Push Ikire-Itaakun Into War - Osun Royal Family Tell Adeleke

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By: Thomas Abidoye

A royal family in Irewole Local Government Area of Osun, Sooko Awodeyi Family of Itaakun, has called on Governor Ademola Adeleke to intervene before officials in the Department of Chieftaincy push Ikire-Itaakun into a full-fledged war.

Prince Dairo Adeoye made the call on Wednesday while briefing journalists on behalf of the Metiku, Falade, Ademuyiwa, and Atere ruling houses at a press conference in Osogbo, Osun State’s capital.

He said the purported declaration of Momimi and Molaja ruling houses by state officials is highly contemptuous and against the history, native law, and custom relating to the Sooko Chieftaincy.

Prince Adeoye accused officials of the Chieftaincy Department of the Ministry of Local Government of perverting justice by giving individuals what they have no right to.

According to him, “It is laughable and the height of injustice that the two rejected Ruling Houses of Momimi and Molaja by the J.B. Abegunde’s Commission and so accepted by the government, are now being made the only two Ruling Houses by this midnight Declaration being fashioned behind closed doors during the pendency of this action in Court and our Counter-Claims.Anything outside of these ruling houses is ill motivated and non existent.

“We the Royal House of the Metiku, Falade, Ademuyiwa and Atere. has insisted that there are four ruling houses entitled to the throne of the SOOKO of ITAAKUN – IKIRE, contrary to the widespread design of 2 ruling houses.

“There is need to put the records straight to avoid misinformation and perpetration of falsehood. The truth which has been affirmed and reaffirmed historically and legally is that SOOKO OF ITAAKUN can only be occupied by the four ruling houses as earlier mentioned

“We are aware of the defective Declaration being flaunted by the fake two ruling house.We need to state unequivocally that the defective Declaration as recently promulgated was surreptitiously procured while they were unlawfully alienating family properties and the Court of Appeal and the state refused to admit the defective Declaration in evidence, just as the High Court refused to admit same.

“The legal position is that once a matter is in court, the status holds barred till judgement is given and one then begins to wonder what authority the official of government has fingered has and what their interest in this matter is to so issue documents contrary to the position of the court and in comtempt of it.

“We call on the Governor of Osun State to reign in his corrupt officials who are profiteering through abuse of office and desecration of the royal institutions. We are not unaware of same disregards been perpetrated in some part of Iwo land. Chieftaincy and Obaship in Yoruba land are not for the highest bidder and will never be hence the need to caution the state officials who are offering same for pecuniary gains.

“If this is not done, we shall assume that the officers are acting on behalf of the state and hence it can be summarily assumed that a government that came to be by the rule of law has no respect for same.”

Present at the briefing were representatives of the four ruling houses: Prince Olatunji Emmanuel (Falade), Adewale Nurudeen (Atere), Mukaila Adediwura (Metiku), Prince Yemi Ajiboye (Metiku), and Prince Dairo Adeoye (Ademuyiwa).

All efforts to get the state government’s reaction on the matter proved abortive as of press time.