By Peter Adedoyin
The Olokojobi family of Ibese in Yewa North local government area of Ogun State on Monday staged a peaceful protest against the nomination of Prince Rotimi Mulero as the candidate to fill the vacant throne of Olu of Ibese land.
The protesters, who converged at the Oke Mosan Governor's office, declared their support for the candidature, Prince Azeez Adedeji.
They submitted that Mulero was neither nominated nor selected by the Oloko Ruling House, but was rather the unilateral and arbitrary choice of the kingmakers.
They reiterated that Prince Azeez Adedeji Idowu remains the only nominee of Oloko Ruling House.
Speaking on behalf of the aOloko ruling house, Prince AbdulAkeem Adedokun, appealed to the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun to come to their aid and ensure that the right candidate emerge as the king of Ibeseland.
He also accused the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in the state of collecting huge amount of money from Mulero to favor his candidature.
Adedokun said " today's protest is about the filling of the vacancy stool at Ibese. We have started this since 2016/2017, we were given a directive by Yewa North Local Government to go and present candidate that will sit on the throne, according to the tradition, we consulted the Ifa oracle.
" I was one of the contenders but at the end of the day, AbdulAzeez Adedimeji was chosen, after the Ifa oracle issue to clear everybody's mind a family as whole voted for Adedimeji. On the 28 of January 2017, we presented him to the kingmakers in an open and elaborate ceremony and they accepted him, but we were so surprised that after two months, we heard that they want to do another presentation from which ruling house".
"We have just two ruling houses and it is the turn of Oloko ruling house. We have Alangbo and Olokojobi. The immediate Oba was from Alangbo ruling house. So, it is the turn of Oloko Ruling House and that is why we presented Adedimeji and from no where the kingmakers brought one Rotimi Mulero as another candidate. Mulero is not eligible to stand as a candidate not to talk of being selected".
"Your Excellency, the Governor of Ogun State, we hereby request you not to only reject Hon. Ogungbade's opinion and recommendations outright in their entirety, but also to declare Hon. Commissioner as totally unfit to occupy the highly identified and respectable position of Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice".
"We hereby categorically declare that Prince Azeez Adedeji Idowu remain the Oloko Ruling House one and only candidate and no one else. That Prince Mulero was neither nominated nor selected by Oloko Ruling House but was rather the unilateral and arbitrary choice of the kingmakers. The court should be allowed to handle the Ibese Obaship succession case now before it'', he concluded.
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Afolabi Afuape has called on the people of the community to remain calm, assuring that the issue will be looked into.
He appreciated them for coming to show their grievances to the government.
The Commissioner said, ''the protest is part of the way to show your grievances but I would have appreciated you more if you have sent a delegation letter to me. We are here to resolve crisis, we are here to put record straight and we are here to do justice. I am sure we have four kingmakers and three on one side and one on the other side and we cannot make someone a king without the support of the kingmakers.
The kingmakers only have the right to chose a king also the family also has the right to present candidate. We need to go back to the drawing board and bring everybody together, go and do things that will unite you more'', he concluded.
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