A foremost traditional ruler in Osun State, the Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Rasheed Olabomi has appealed to Governor Ademola Adeleke not to set the town on fire over political acrimony.
The State Government approved the White Paper on the Report of a Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the Aragbiji of Iragbiji Chieftaincy Declaration on Wednesday after its council meeting, presided over by Governor Ademola Adeleke.
However, Oba Olabomi while addressing reporters at his palace in Iragbiji, disclosed that the purported Report of a Judicial Panel of Inquiry is unknown to Aragbiji, the four ruling houses of Ajibode, Osungbemi, Arowodoye and Ogunmolu and the law of the state.
According to the monarch, Governor Adeleke’s attempt to smuggle an unknown family into the Iragbiji chieftaincy law was a deliberate act to plunge the town into crisis. The document being introduced through the back door was rejected 12 years ago by the Rauf Aregbesola-led administration.
We appeal that the State Executive Council’s decision presided over by Governor Ademola Adeleke on January 29, 2025, on a purported Judicial Inquiry into the Aragbiji Chieftaincy, which was reported to have been accepted, be reversed.
“As far as law is concerned, there is no living Judicial Inquiry on the Aragbiji Chieftaincy. There was one, which had been consigned to the trash since April 2013, and no amount of mischievous ambush can give life to the dead document. The Governor, Ademola Adeleke, should not plunge Iragbiji into crisis;
“It’s a smack of inconsistency on the part of Osun State Government to publish a Gazette 12 years ago (2013), and for the same Osun State Government to attempt to issue another White Paper (Gazette) on the same subject matter in 2025.
“One looks at the issue as an attempt by Governor Ademola to settle political scores with perceived foe by causing friction among the peace-loving people of Iragbiji. Therefore, we call on well meaning and peace-loving people of Osun State and Nigeria to prevail on Governor Ademola Adeleke, to reverse his intention to cause unrest in Iragbiji”.
