The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji has described the crowns given to the new 21 kings in Ibadan by the Oyo State government as one made of carton.
Oba Adetunji stated this when the Council of Authentic Ibadan Mogajis paid him a solidarity visit at his Popo Yemoja Palace on Tuesday.
The monarch said that he waited for 40 years before he was made king, urging the high chiefs who were crowned kings by the state government to wait for their turn to become kings.
“I started as a Mogaji. I was moving step by step before I assumed the throne after 40 years. I thank God for that.
“We must all love one another. If you love yourself and hate others, your purpose of love is nothing. I was called by the elders of my family to come and become a Mogaji more than 40 years ago. I rejected it and for three years, they were persuading me.
“In trying to convince me, the representative of my family told me that it could be that one day I would become a king. I then accepted it and became the Mogaji of my family. I waited on God and he made me king.
“Those who were crowned a few weeks ago know within themselves that they are wearing fake crowns, it is just a carton crown.
“I began my journey more than 40 years, why can’t they wait for their turn? If you don’t wait for your turn, you will be on the wrong side of destiny,” he said.
Oba Adetunji then chided some Ibadan elders who allegedly said that he consented to the move by Governor Abiola Ajimobi to crown new kings in the city.
He said there was never a time that he supported the move to review the Ibadan Chieftaincy declaration by the state government.
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