The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has downplayed any supremacy battle with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade.
Ooni described the 48 hours ultimatum by the Alaafin of Oyo to withdraw the Okanlomo of Yorubaland Chieftaincy title conferred on an Ibadan-based businessman, Chief Dotun Sanusi as empty threats of a dead empire.
The Alaafin had issued a 48 hours ultimatum to the Ooni of Ife to withdraw the Chieftaincy title.
Oba Owoade said the decision of the Ooni to confer such a Chieftaincy title as an affront to his authority and the traditional institution.
Posting on his social media page, Ooni’s spokesman, Mr. Moses Olafare, wrote: “The Ooni is busy setting up businesses and creating jobs for youths across Yorubaland, they are busy fighting supremacy that does not exist. Dead empire.
“Where does this king have time for supremacy hullabaloo? Issuing 48-hour ultimatum over a Chieftaincy title that doesn’t even exist.”
Dailypost/Halimat Abdulganiyu
