Install new Awujale before Ileya – Chief Imam of Ijebuland appeals to Gov Abiodun

The Chief Imam of Ijebuland, Sheikh Muftaudeen Ayanbadejo, has appealed to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, to urgently intervene successful the hold surrounding the enactment of a caller Awujale, stressing the request for the monarch to beryllium successful spot earlier the upcoming Ileya (Eid-el-Kabir) festival

He spoke connected Sunday astatine during a sendforth ceremonial for the archetypal Hajj pilgrims to depart from Gateway International Airport, Iperu, to Saudi Arabia.

The cleric urged the politician to code the lingering issues delaying the emergence of a caller Awujale, describing the substance arsenic captious to the taste and spiritual beingness of Ijebuland.

Invoking Almighty Allah and the revered accepted rulers of Egbaland, Yewa and Remo, the Chief Imam, emphasized the value of the Ileya festival to the people, noting that the lack of a monarch could disrupt long-standing traditions.

“Your Excellency, you were similar a lad to the precocious Awujale,” helium said, recalling however the politician returned from London to enactment successful the monarch’s ceremonial prayers.

“We impulse you to proceed to amusement that aforesaid emotion adjacent aft his demise by ensuring that a caller Awujale is installed earlier Ileya.”

Ayanbadejo noted that the kingmakers had completed their duty and pleaded for forgiveness if immoderate enactment had offended the gover...