Moses Olafare, spokesperson for Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, says the monarch will not react to the 48-hour ultimatum from Abimbola Owoade, the Alaafin of Oyo.
The Alaafin had asked Ogunwusi to reverse the title of
Okanlomo of Yorubaland as conferred on businessman Dotun Sanusi.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Olafare said the Ooni had
instructed him not to issue a statement in response to the Alaafin.
He, however, described the Alaafin’s ultimatum as an “empty
threat”.
“We cannot dignify the undignifyable with an official
response. We leave the matter to be handled in the public court of opinion as
it is already being treated,” the post reads.
“Let’s rather focus on narratives that unite us rather than
the ones capable of dividing us.
“48 Hours My Foot!”
The Alaafin had disputed the Ooni’s authority to confer the
title on Sanusi.
In a statement issued on Monday by Bode Durojaiye, Alaafin’s
director of media and publicity, the monarch described the Ooni’s action as a
direct challenge to his exclusive right to confer titles that span the entire
Yorubaland.
He claimed that the Ooni’s authority is limited to the
Oranmiyan LGA, which has since been balkanised into Ife central, Ife north, and
Ife south.
The Alaafin demanded the revocation of the title conferred
on Sanusi within 48 hours, warning that there would be consequences if his
directive is not heeded.
“The conferment of chieftaincy title, which bothers on
Yorubaland by the Ooni of Ife, is not only an affront to the revered
institution of the Alaafin, who is the Titan of Yorubaland and who holds the
exclusive right to confer any chieftaincy title which covers the entire
Yorubaland, on anyone,” the statement reads.
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