Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, disagreed with former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose over a suspected conspiracy to dethrone Ladoja.
Makinde and Ladoja, through their media aides, denounced the claimed conspiracy to dethrone the Olubadan as an unfounded and baseless rumor.
Fayose had stated on his X account that Makinde was scheming to depose Ladoja as Olubadan of Ibadanland.
He wrote, “I heard reliably that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is plotting the removal of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rahidi Adewolu Ladoja.
“The plot is to commence this week, with a government query to be issued against the Olubadan, citing his absence at the failed coronation of high chiefs in Ibadanland two weeks ago and other allegations.”
In an interview with The PUNCH, Oba Ladoja’s media aide, Adeola Oloko, condemned Fayose’s assertion as untrue.
He stated that there was no schism between Makinde and Olubadan to justify such actions.
“It will be most unfortunate if it is not a rumor. Though I read it just the way you read it online. I don’t see the cause of friction between the governor and Olubadan of Ibadanland,” he said.
Also, Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, claimed that the government had never considered, discussed, or planned such an action.
“By now, Nigerians know who and what to believe, especially when the information comes from a particular quarter.
“The Oyo State Government has never contemplated, discussed, or planned such an action.
“There has to be a credible motive for every government action, and this, coming from the unofficial spokesman of our opponents, is better put in the refuse dump where it belongs.
“Desperate politics foists thoughtless propaganda and reduces democracy into a joke,” he said.
