Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi
Respected Monarch and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has accused former president, Olusegun Obasanjo of being behind the continuous marginalization of the Yoruba people, as being alleged by some Yoruba elders.
A brief flashback would show that a group known as the Yoruba Unity Forum, recently alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan had marginalized the zone in the distribution of political offices.
The traditional ruler who received former Senate Leader, Senator Teslim Folarin, who was on a sympathy visit to his palace over the fire that gutted some parts of the palace, said the eight year rule of Obasanjo was not beneficial in any way to the Yoruba people.
He maintained that Obasanjo’s did not ensure a succession policy for the Yorubas, instead, the former president was only paying mere lip service on issues that could have assisted the Yorubas at the long run.
While calling on prominent Yoruba politicians to guard jealously the cultural heritage of Yoruba nation, the Monarch warned that Yoruba language and culture could go into extinction because parents no longer teach their children their local dialect and culture.
He thus called for the restoration of Yoruba history in school curricula, saying that the race had succeeded in many areas.
Speaking earlier, Folarin sympathized with the Alaafin on the fire incident, thanking God that no life was lost.
He apologized for his late visit, disclosing that it was due to ill-health.
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