Oluponna Youths Development Forum in Ayedire Local government area of Osun State yesterday cautioned a Civil Society Organization, Advocacy for Advancement of Peace and Harmony in Africa Initiative (ADAPHAI) not to distrupt peaceful coexistence of the community on false claims of impending crisis in the community regarding Olupanna Stool.
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The Forum also asked the state Governor Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, the Osun State Governor to disregard the vituperations for it lacks merit and cautioned the Civil Society that was planning to cause crisis in the community.
Speaking yesterday on the position of the community on Olupanna stool, the coordinator for the development forum Oyebisi Yusuf noted that there was never a time the community witnessed any crisis.
He therefore urged the Civil Society Organization not to cause mayhem in the community as the issue of Olupanna Stool has been treated and settled.
It would be recalled that the Civil Society Organization, Advocacy for Advancement of Peace and Harmony in Africa Initiative (ADAPHAI) has called for restraining in the process of the enthronement of a new king in Oluponna, in the Ayedire Local government area of Osun State, following the demise of the former Olupo of Oluponna, Oba Emmanuel Onaolapo Oyebanji, Fadare II, on January 3, 2022.
The group warned that the clandestine and lopsided path followed by some kingmakers in the town, in the process of selecting a new king through the back door would backfire and disrupt the peace of the sleepy town and Osun State at large.
Yusuf decried the clandestine attempt by the leader of the group, Sulaimon Suberu and his sponsor(s) to paint the effort aimed at making a round peg in a round hole in a bad light.
He posited that the the process that led to the choice of Prince AbdulRauf Oyekanmi Mosobolaje as the new Olupo-elect following the death of Oba Emmanuel Oyeleso Oyebamiji on January 3rd, 2022 was done on merit without any inducement in whatever forms
According to him ” there are two ruling houses in Oluponna in accordance with the Declaration made pursuant to Section 2 of the Chief Laws caps 25 of the Customary Law Regulating the Oluponna Chieftaincy namely; Momiloye/Ayelabowo and Aregbesola and with the death of Oba Oyeleso Oyebamiji who came from Aregbesola, it is the turn of Momiloye/Ayelabowo that produced the new Olupo-elect.”
He made it cleared that Prince AbdulRafiu Oyekanmi Mosobolaje, the new Olupo-elect was unanimously voted by the 13 kingmakers with no one rejecting him.
He stressed that the results as voted by the kingmakers have Prince Rafiu Oyekanmi Mosobalaje with 13 votes,
Prince Oludele Oyediran recorded zero while Prince Ayodele Oyewumi Oyedokun also recorded zero.
The leader of the forum therefore urged Suberu not to tried to insult the community sensibilities by accusing them of a lopsided process of selection without recourse to fairness, justice and equity out of pecuniary reasons. One wonder what he means.
He then emphasised that there has never been any tension, problem, rejection, protest or outcry since he was announced by the kingmakers, rather everyone is happy about his emergence as it heralds prosperity and development.
He made it cleared that the Civil Society and its national coordinator, Sulaimon Suberu was not well informed on the happenings in Oluponna.
Yusuf therefore contended that the youths of Oluponna, artisans, and those in diaspora are happy with the choice of Prince AbdulRafiu Oyekanmi Mosobolaje as the new Olupo-elect.
