The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade has denied engaging in any royal supremacy battle with any traditional ruler in the country.
Apparently reacting to a video shown on the YouTube where the anchor narrated how the Alaafin allegely ordered his men to beat the father of the monarch of a village in the United States of America and later handed him over to the Police, the monarch described the anchor as not only a pathological liar, but someone who should be eternally confined to dungeon for being heartless in dishing out lies.
In a statement titled: “Re: Battle line drawn by Alaafin,” the monarch’s Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye, noted that the anchor in the malicious video narrated how the Oba Owoade I reportedly ordered his men to beat up the US monarch before handing him over to the police.
“The misguided anchor said the action was in attestation of Alaafin Owoade’s supremacy battle with the Ooni of Ife.
“What really happened was that the ancestral lineage of descendants of Oyotunji Village in the USA is Oyo town.
“It was more than two occasions, during the reign of the late Alaafin, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, that the people of Oyotunji Village traced their ancestral home to Oyo Town and were given red carpet reception.
“When the new Alaafin was appointed and after the coronation, the Oyotunji monarch thought it expedient to pay congratulatory visit to his ancestral Royal Father, which he did.
“He was well received by the Alaafin before his departure.
“Where then did this online medium defecating the social media space get its own story, if not a cooked up one? The video shown neither correlates nor synchronise with the anchor.
“What is more, how possible is it for the Alaafin to order the beating of a monarch who paid him a visit from a foreign village and with Oyo town as its ancestral home?” part of the statement read.
However, Durojaiye reminded purveyors of authentic Yoruba traditions of the responsibility of the Alaafin as one expected to be diplomatic, energetic and protective of his people, and who cannot stoop so low to have ordered his men to beat up the father Oyotunji’s monarch from the United States.
Durojaiye stressed that Alaafin Owoade as a royal father, puts emphasis on his own integrity, works to develop a strong ethical foundation with an understanding of Godly behaviour.
“And he has been living to please God with a good character and a clean conscience, before his appointment as the 46th Alaafin.
“The paramount ruler is a man of commendable standards, as not many leaders have the credentials of placing public good above even the most reasonable of arguments like Alaafin Owoade.
“When a leader is not conflicted inside and has truly experienced pure, unconditional love, then he will be at peace. These leaders do not need any affirmation from the outside, nor will criticism affect them. They are in an inner state of peace, which is inner power, while playing the part of someone in a position of leadership to society .
“Alaafin Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, is not in royal supremacy battle with anyone, but rather, more concerned about the progress and development of his country home and emancipation of the entire Yoruba race,” Durojaiye said.
He advised the public to therefore to disregard the malicious video and its fabricated contents and anchor.
