The controversy trailing the Alaafin stool took another twist as Agunloye royal family berated Gbadegesin royal family over what was described as insistence on illegality contrary to the directive of Oyo State government on strict adherence to due process in the selection of a new monarch for Oyo Kingdom.
This happened as the Agunloye family dismissed the story making the rounds that Alaafin-elect has emerged and that Oyomesi (kingmakers) were merely waiting for Governor Seyi Makinde’s official announcement.
The Oyomesi, through the Basorun of Oyo, High Chief Yusuf Akinade, corroborated the Gbadegesin royal family position, saying Alaafin-elect emerged about one year ago.
The Agunloye family said that any attempt to engage in illegality in the choice of a new Alaafin would only make matters worse for the royal households and the people of Oyo Kingdom.
A statement by an elder from the royal family, Prince Kamorudeen Tella, indicated that the purveyors of the story making the rounds that Alaafin-elect has emerged were running with ulterior intents contrary to the overall interest of Oyo Kingdom.
The family wondered when the selection process was carried out from where the purported Alaafin-elect emerged, stressing that it was such habit of unbridled desperation that has prolonged the emergence of a new Alaafin.
Tella explained that what the Gbadegesin family has done was tantamount to expecting that a new Alaafin would emerge from the social media, maintaining that until there’s commitment to due process as directed by the governor, Oyo may continue to suffer setbacks occasioned by the absence of an Alaafin.
He cautioned the Gbadegesin family to desist from making matters worse for the 49 aspirants for Alaafin, stressing that, contrary to the figure quoted in the story in circulation that more than 80 aspirants were in the race for the coveted stool, it is in actual fact 49 princes.
Governor Makinde, last weekend, while congratulating the new Aseyin of Iseyin, had drawn the attention of the Iseyin crowd to the cause of delay in announcing a new Alaafin.
