Osogbo royal family petitions Gov Adeleke over elevation of three Oba

The Ataoja Fabode Royal Family of Osogbo has petitioned the Osun State Government implicit the elevation and designation of 3 accepted rubric holders successful Ibokun Local Government Area arsenic Oba, alleging territorial and customary jurisdictional concerns.

The family, done its solicitor, Abdulfatai Abdulsalam, urged Governor Ademola Adeleke to suspend the designation of Moruf Sulaimon, the Olu of Odu; Blessing Olasunkanmi, the Olu of Boredun; and Sulaimon Agbaje, the Olomu of Omu, pending an probe into their elevations.

A transcript of the petition was made disposable to journalists by Abdulsalam connected Saturday successful Osogbo, wherever helium raised concerns implicit the humanities ownership and jurisdiction of the territories associated with the 3 accepted titles.

According to the solicitor, "the affected communities autumn wrong the ancestral domain and humanities jurisdiction of Osogbo, peculiarly lands allegedly belonging to the Ataoja Fabode Royal Family."

He maintained that the quality went beyond the elevation of accepted rubric holders, arguing that it raised cardinal questions astir territorial jurisdiction, customary authority, humanities ownership and the boundaries w...