Oluwo Of Iwo Criticized Former President Obasanjo For Asking Oyo Monarchs To Stand Up For Him [VIDEO]

Olusegun Obasanjo and Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi

"I blame the traditional rulers for obeying his order"

Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu I, the Oluwo of Iwo, has referred to the former president Olusegun Obasanjo's conduct against monarchs in Oyo at a recent occasion in Iseyin as a violation of Yoruba traditional institutions, stating that Obasanjo could not do it to emirs.

However, Oluwo accused the traditional rulers in attendance for complying with Obasanjo's directive in a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo on Saturday, September 16, 2023 by his media assistant, Alli Ibraheem.

The monarch claimed that since monarchs were God's representatives on earth, Obasanjo should have treated them with some respect and that it would not have happened if he had been in office.

"I trust myself and my stool. At death, there are certain things my soul will not take let alone when alive, active and kicking.

"I only blame the monarchs who stood in obeisance to such an ignoble act and desecration of traditional institutions from the old man. Respects should be earned not demanded

"Traditional rulers respect their subjects too. There is a way respect is accorded to people of old age and position by monarchs. Kingship is an institution of God. As such, relating with kings requires a high sense of modesty, courtesy and respect.

"The display by the former president of Nigeria, General Obasanjo was an affront, an intentional desecration and sacrilege against revered stools of Yorubaland

"An injury to one is an inj¥ry to all. Yoruba traditional rulers are not uniform men anyone can command at will. I don't blame him, those royal fathers who stood up to obey such an embarrassing direction are to be blamed.

"I've strong assurance that such will never happen in my presence and that of some few monarchs I will not mention "lwó kogba igbakugba."

"The show by the former general is condemnable. Yoruba traditional institutions demand an apology for the open desecration to molest and bring down the institution.

"He needs to prove himself as a core Yoruba man with an apology letter. Kings are not toddlers. We are fathers. He will never dare that against the northern emirs.

"This action should be a great challenge to the Yorubas, most especially the royal fathers. This is the result when monarchs joined Ogboni confraternity and became junior to a road side mechanical engineer or carpenter.

"As a responsible monarch, you don't have to join any secret society where you may be controlled by a teacher or even a herbalist," the statement reads.

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