Ibadan 21 Obas: Tradition says sacked kings must leave town - Council of authentic Mogajis

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- Council of Authentic Mogajis in Ibadan has disclosed that deposed kings are required by tradition to leave town

- The council said this while reacting to a Federal High Court ruling which sacked the 21 kings installed by Governor Abiola Ajimobi

- Going further, the council revealed that the court ruling was a victory to all Ibadan indigenes

Chief Wale Oladoja, spokesman of the Council of Authentic Mogajis in Ibadan has revealed that tradition in Ibadan land reguires deposed kings to leave town because such kind would not be permitted to live in the same town with a reigning king.

Punch reports that Oladoja said this while reacting to the recent Federal High Court ruling which sacked the 21 kings installed by Governor Abiola Ajimobi.

He however believes that there will be a peaceful resolution to the chieftaincy issue.

He said: “It (the ruling) is a victory for all the sons and daughters of Ibadan land both at home and in the Diaspora.

“They praised the governor for the courage to go to court. It is a welcome idea because he knows the consequence of the court judgment.

“The sacked Obas (kings) also know the consequence, too. Reason is that any Oba sacked by a court and who, as a consequence eventually losses the crown, can no longer live in the same town with a reigning monarch.

“The right thing for such an Oba to do is to leave the city; but we, the authentic Mogajis, are hopeful that before the appeal is decided, there would be fruitful reconciliation of the matter.”

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had earlier reported that an Oyo state High Court presided over by Justice Olajumoke Aiki on Friday, January 19, sacked 21 Ibadan monarch installed last year by Governor Isiaka Ajimobi.

Justice Aiki declared the review of the 1957 Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration and other Related Chieftaincies in Ibadan land by the Justice Akintunde Boade Review Commission, which was set up by the Oyo state government, as unconstitutional, illegal, null, void and of no effect.

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