Oluwo is a Misfit, Deceitful Monarch– Chief Ogundokun

The Basorun Musulumi and Otun Balogun of Iwoland, Chief Abiola Ogundokun has described the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi as a misfit monarch who is embarrassing and relegating the Oluwo’s stool in the Nigeria’s traditional institution.

Ogundokun said the Oluwo lacks competence to strip him of his religious and traditional chieftaincy titles, saying that the monarch was apparently consumed by emotions when he was making the directive.

The former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN) made the statement in an interview CityMirrorNews on Monday.

Oba Akande had on Sunday said “As the ruler and custodian of all Traditional, Cultural religious and social clubs in Iwoland, I hereby relief him of all his traditional and social titles ranging from Basorun Muslim of Iwoland, member of Iwo Board of Trustees (IBOT) , Otun Balogun of Iwoland and other proposed titles that may be accorded to him from Iwo. A Chief is appointed to favour the town. Any Chief, either traditional or religious treasonable should be dealt with accordingly.

“Ogundokun is one of them. I removed him after due consultation with Chiefs, religious leaders, stakeholders and opinion leaders in the interest of Iwo.”

But Ogundokun while reacting to the Oluwo’s statement said: “Oluwo is not fit to occupy that stool, he is heartless, ungrateful, destructive and a money monger. He does not have respect for the traditional institution at all. He is very deceptive.

“How can a reasonable monarch be abusing the Ooni of Ife, the Olubadan, the Alaafin and other traditional rulers, he attempted to punch me in the presence of Governor Rauf Aregbesola. Let him denied that. He said I stepped on his leg at a programme on Friday, that is a lie. I never move closer to where is legs are.

“When he is drunk, he acts abnormally. I does not listen to advice. I always advised him against his disgraceful acts; that is where he began to see me as his enemy. I told him not to be collecting money from all the people fighting from chieftaincy titles. If 10 people are fighting for a chieftaincy title, Oluwo will collect money from everyone of them.

“He collected N1million from me when my brother wanted to be the Babaloja of Iwoland, and did same to other people. He is very violent. He does not behave like a king.

“I was installed the Basorun Musulumi of Iwoland 18 years ago by the Chief Imam and Muslim Communities of Ayedire, Iwo and Olaoluwa Local Governments, how can the Oluwo said he stripped me of the religious titles? He is not competent to do that.

“I was installed Otun Balogun of Iwo land by late Oba S.O Abimbola, the first educated Oba in Iwoland in 1979. How can this Oluwo said he stripped me of that title? He himself conferred on me a kinship title of Obanla of Iwoland in recognition of my contributions and supports to him and Iwo community. Oluwo himself had said he only needs two Ogundokuns in Iwo for him to be okay financially.

“For Oluwo to say I am rude to him; that my action is counterproductive to Iwo development is absurd. I give him money regularly, I maintain him, I renovated his palace, I built a secretariat for Iwo-East local government and name him after the Oluwo. How did my actions inimical to Iwo progress?

“I challenge him to give me a letter to the effect of my purported dethronement. He cannot do that because he does not have the power to stripe me of the titles.