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New Ooni Of Ife Emerges In 40 Days- Ife King-makers by youngsahito(m): 7:29am On Sep 15, 2015 |
The Ife Kingmakers announced Monday
that a new Ooni of Ife would emerge within
the next forty days according to the
tradition and customs of the town. They
also said that the Giesi ruling house out of
the four ruling houses in Ife has been
selected to present candidates for the
vacant stool of Ooni.
Addressing a press conference in Ile-Ife,
one of the two highest ranked kingmakers
of Ife, Obalufe of Ife, Oba Folorunsho
Omisakin, said the new monarch for the
town should possess relative ability for the
throne, should have good character and
have the support of the people of the
community.
Reading the position of the 16 Ife
kingmakers in Ile Oodua, the Ooni’s
palace, Obalufe, who is the Prime Minister
of the town, Oba Folorunsho Omisakin,
who was flagged by Lowa of Ife, Oba
Joseph Ijaodola and other kingmakers,
explained that the 1980 Ife Chieftaincy
Declaration will be relied upon in choosing
next monarch.
He said only Giesi Ruling House will be
allowed to contest the throne, explaining
that the concerned ruling house will be
expected to present candidates upon
receipt of letter from Ife East local
government area.Obalufe added: “When
the candidates are presented to us the
kingmakers, we will sit upon the names
and within 14 days, we must come out
with our findings. After that, in another 14
days, new monarch must emerge.
The statement read in part: “we the 16
traditional rulers making up kingmakers by
Ife tradition, rules and customs hereby
unanimously declare and confirm that
1980 Ife chieftaincy declaration is the one
in existence now and we affirm as follows.
“Section 19 subsections a (3) that it is the
turn of Giesi Ruling House to present a
candidate/ candidates for the vacant stool
of Ooni of Ife Chieftaincy, other 3 ruling
houses, that is, Osinkola, Ogboru, and
Lafogido should wait for their turn.
“No ruling house should restricted to a
particular quarter or areas of the town
because members of the ruling house live
in different parts of the town.
“Finally, we hereby enjoin the members of
the ruling houses, the town’s people, all
religious bodies, men and women in Ife
environs, to please maintain absolute
peace. By doing this, the kingmakers
would be able to select the best candidate
for the vacant stool of Ooni of Ife.”
Also speaking, the executive secretary of
Ife East and Ife Central local government
areas, Messers Tajudeen Lawal and Taiwo
Olaiya, said it would not be the first time
1980 Chieftaincy Declaration would be
used to select Ooni.Lawal specifically
mentioned that 1980 Chieftaincy
Declaration was relied upon to pick
immediate past Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade
Sijuade.
Commenting further, he said part of the
requirements of law for whoever will
become Ooni of Ife is that he must have
relative ability, character and the support
of the people of Ife land. |
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