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| Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi |
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi is in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Monday for a brief meeting with some aggrieved traditional rulers over the crisis rocking the Ekiti State Council of Traditional rulers.
Oba Ogunwusi arrived the palace of Ewi of Ado-Ekiti at about 12:45pm and was ushered into Ewi’s chamber where he met with the aggrieved monarchs behind close door.
The aggrieved Obas include Ewi of Ado-Ekiti Oba Rufus Adejugbe; Oloye of Oye Oba Oluwole Ademolaju; Elekole of Ikole Oba Adewumi Fasiku; Elemure of Emure Oba Emmanuel Ogunleye; Ajero of Ijero Oba Joseph Adewole; Alara of Aramoko, Oba Adegoke Adeyemi.
Others are: Ogoga of Ikere-Ekiti Oba Samuel Adejimi; Olomuo of Omuo Oba Noah Omonigbehin; Alaaye of Efon Oba Emmanuel Aladejare; Ologotun of Oguntun Oba Samuel Oyebade and Olujudo of Ido-Faboro, Oba Ayorinde Ilori-Faboro.
The purpose of the meeting was to find a lasting solution to the stand-off between Governor Kayode Fayemi and the aggrieved monarchs who had been at loggerheads since July 31, 2019 over the appointment of Alawe of Ilawe-Ekiti, Oba Alabi, as the new chairman of Ekiti Council of traditional rulers.
