Culture

Oluwo Commends OGHA, Awujale, Akarigbo, Others Over Obaship Bill

By Web News 1294

The Paramount Ruler of Iwoland, HRH Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has thrown his weight behind the Ogun State House of Assembly’s OGHA, legislation on Obaship installation and burial processes in Yorubaland.

The Oluwo equally commended the sponsors of the bill led by the first-class monarchs in the Gateway State such as the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, Alake of Egbaland, HRM Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo III, Akarigbo of Remoland, HRM Oba Adeniyi Sonariwo, Olu of Yewaland, HRM Oba Kehinde Olugbenle, for taking the bull by the horns as a pilot project for monarchical installation and burial in Yorubaland.

Oba Akanbi described the bill as a step forward to attract generations to Yoruba culture.

He revealed the bill will strengthen and further empower traditional rulers to be independent of secret cult’s dictatorial tendency and control.

The Oluwo lauded the monarchs for entrenching pure monarchy devoid of idolatry, imploring other states to propagate similar bill aimed at protecting certain rights of the kings.

Oba Akanbi expressed worry over the despotism tendency of secret and confraternity societies to pocket ungodly monarchs in the name of rituals and rites, saying the bill is a relief for true kinship.

He then called on other Houses of Assembly to emulate the template and rescue traditional institution from going into extinction.

Adewumi Faniran

Crime

One Feared During “Peaceful Protest” over Remo Stars Player’s Death

By Web News 895

One person has been feared dead as scores of residents of Sagamu staged a protest over the death of Remo Stars Football Club player, Tiamiyu Kazeem.

The protesters stormed the Palace of the Akarigbo and the Paramount Ruler of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, demanding justice for the deceased.

The protesters condemned the incessant brutality and indiscriminate arrests by law enforcement agencies in the town and its environs. 

A former governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, was among dignitaries that addressed the protesters at the palace where he urged them to be law-abiding.

The member, House of Representatives representing Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency, Mrs. Adewunmi Onanuga, and the state’s Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Funmi Efuwape, were also at the palace to appeal to the protesters.

Meanwhile, armed policemen have been deployed in the town to forestall a breakdown of law and order.

The cause of the death of the protesters is still sketchy as at the time of this report.

Efforts to reach the Public Relations Officer of Ogun State Police Command, Alhaji Abimbola Oyeyemi has not been successful as his phone line had been continually busy.

Wale Oluokun