Ooni did not Endorse Gov Aregbe”Palace”

 

On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 4:06 PM, femmy lawson wrote:  Ooni did not Endorse Gov Aregbe

Embattled Governor of Osun state is in trouble over his claim that the Ooni of Ife has endorsed him for second term as the palace of Ile Ofe is said tone furious and angry about the claim .

A top palace official contacted this morning said the governor by making that false claim has ridiculed the Royal father in front of his subjects .” Baba is angry especially as he felt betrayed and rubbished by the false claim that he had rejected his own son who is also in the governorship race.

” An official statement is coming from the palace to deny this falsehood but let me tell you the palace is bitter at this deliberate smearing of our Royal father. Ile Ife has never been this attacked. We will defend our integrity ,our honour as the The Source of the Yoruba nation.

” We were at the palace when the Governor came. There was nothing like endorsement. A chief who was asked to pray for the governor never talked about endorsement . It is the highest level of disrespcet for the throne to lie so brazenly and put the traditional institution in disrepute.

” Our King only said he received all contesting as the father of everybody . There was never a time he praised the governor or justify the need for him to go for second term. This has destroyed what ever little credibility is left of the APC government in the state. The governor and the party has shown that they hate Ile Ife and her people by dragging the names of the Kabiyesi in the mud.

” This is a pattern of abuse and ridiculing of traditional rulers by this APC. Just recently Tinubu said most yoruba obas are useless. Now Aregbesola added his own insult by claiming endorsement which was never conferred on him. As top palace official ,I can tell you the Governor has overstepped his bond and we will put him in his place.

” Ife people said we should not receive him but we appealed to them to Accord him that respect as governor of the state. Now he came to ile Ife and insult us and our Oba. On his way to palace ,our people booed him. Now the governor make us regret that we ever allowed him to visit the palace “, the official ,a traditional title holder in the palace .

He said appropriate response will soon come but warned that ” the design of the APC to destroy traditional rulers in Yorubaland will fáil “,

Femi Lawson,
Akure.