Osun govt directs Council of Obas to monitor Oluwo over controversial remarks

Osun State Government has directed the State Council of Obas to show developments successful Iwo pursuing concerns implicit nationalist statements attributed to the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, which it believes could endanger spiritual tolerance and peaceful coexistence.

The authorities besides instructed the monarch to desist from making comments against different spiritual groups and chap accepted rulers, informing that further actions susceptible of creating communal hostility would not beryllium tolerated.

The directive was contained successful an authoritative missive issued by the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and signed by Wale Alliyu connected behalf of the Permanent Secretary.

The letter, dated November 2026, was referenced CD.17/1/VOL.VIII/377 and addressed straight to the Oluwo.

A transcript was besides forwarded to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, arsenic president of the Osun State Council of Obas.

According to the authorities government, "the determination followed observations of respective nationalist statements credited to Oba Akanbi considered susceptible of generating spiritual disagreements and confrontations betwixt communities."

The authorities said the improvement had go a root of concern, alleging that the monarch's nationalist engagements were contributing to communal hostility and undermining the taste values associated with accepted institutions.

In the letter, the authorities stated that the accepted instauration should beforehand unity and sphere the customs of...