Mr Adeola Oloko, the media aide to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, says the reported removal of the Iyaloja of Ibadanland, Chief Labake Lawal, has not been presented to the traditional ruler for his assent.
Oloko told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that the formal process of removing the Iyaloja has therefore not been completed.
He said that the monarch has the authority to ratify both the deposed Iyaloja and the new candidate as presented by the traders’ association through the Iyalode of Ibadanland, Alhaja Aminat Abiodun.
Explaining the formal process, Oloko said that the association would brief the Iyalode of Ibadanland of their decision to remove an Iyaloja, and she would in turn brief the monarch about the development.
Mr Adeola Oloko, the media aide to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, says the reported removal of the Iyaloja of Ibadanland, Chief Labake Lawal, has not been presented to the traditional ruler for his assent.
Oloko told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that the formal process of removing the Iyaloja has therefore not been completed.
He said that the monarch has the authority to ratify both the deposed Iyaloja and the new candidate as presented by the traders’ association through the Iyalode of Ibadanland, Alhaja Aminat Abiodun.
Explaining the formal process, Oloko said that the association would brief the Iyalode of Ibadanland of their decision to remove an Iyaloja, and she would in turn brief the monarch about the development.
“As far as I am concerned, I am still the Iyaloja of Ibadanland and I have contacted my lawyer to sue anyone who takes any contrary action,” she said.
NAN also reports that the Olubadan was reported to have told the traders at a meeting on Nov. 28, 2016 that he has the authority to ratify removal and appointment of a new Iyaloja of Ibadanland.
The monarch was quoted to have said at the meeting that affairs concerning traders were under the purview of the Iyalode of Ibadanland at the Olubadan-in-Council.
The Iyalode of Ibadanland, after the meeting, told the traders that the choice of a new Iyaloja was theirs and the ratification would come from the monarch.
She urged the traders to take a decision on the matter for ratification by the monarch.
Alhaji Dauda Oladepo, the president of the traders’ association, had told Abiodun that Lawal was unanimously removed by congress at the group’s meeting.
NAN
