Ooni Of Ife Is The Son Of Oba Of Benin Historically - Oba Of Benin by Ikengawo: 10:49pm On Feb 11

The Palace of the Oba of Benin has declared that the Ooni of Ife was a son of the Oba of Benin and that the stool of the latter cannot be compared with that of any Yoruba King.

Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, had over the weekend, stated that the Oba of Benin was third in the hierarchy of Obas in the South-West.

However, the Esogban of Benin and Odionwere of the Kingdom (traditional head), Chief David Edebiri, on Monday, described the comments of the Alake of Egbaland as ‘unnecessary excursion, an unnecessary attempt to turn history upside down’.



Esogban, who is the third in command in the palace of the Oba of Benin, said ‘the Ooni of Ife by historical facts, is a son of the Oba of Benin, so they are not in the same class’.

“We wanted to discard this report as something that was not necessary at all. We do not see how the Alake of Egbaland suddenly woke up to think that the Oba of Benin is also a Yoruba Oba. There is no basis for such classification; Oba of Benin has nothing to do with the Yoruba Obas. It is simply unnecessary, unless they simply want to stir up an unnecessary controversy.”

“We are not in Yorubaland. To be frank, it is because many of them are not willing to come up with the truth, the word Oba is alien to Yoruba monarchy; it is not part of their title from time immemorial.”

“For instance, the one they call the Oba of Lagos, these are recent adaptations. In the 50s, there was no Oba of Lagos, what we had was the Eleko of Eko. That is the title of the King there. In Ibadan, you have the Olu Ibadan. You come to Abeokuta, you have the Alake of Egba land. You come to Oyo, you have the Alaafin of Oyo. In Ilesha, you have the Owa-Obokun of IIesha. So no Yoruba monarch had as part of his titles the word Oba except the Oba of Benin.”

“That word Oba is indigenous to Benin. It is only in recent times you find everybody bearing Oba. When the Western Regional conference of traditional rulers took place in Benin City in 1942, go and check the attendance, there was no other monarch in the whole of the Western Region then that bore the title of Oba, except the Oba of Benin.”

“So it is an unnecessary excursion, an unnecessary attempt to turn history upside down by the Alake by classifying the Oba of Benin as third in the hierarchy of kings. Our own traditional history says that the Ooni of Ife was a Benin Prince who wandered from here to Ife, settled there and became the ruler there. That is the position, if they don’t know, they should send people here; we will teach them.”

“We will show them landmarks. So this is unnecessary misrepresentation of history. Maybe the Alake wanted to mention a different place and not Benin. The monarchical rulership in this part of the world started from Benin during the era of the Ogisos. It was the son of the last Ogiso, Owodo, that wandered from here to Ife and he became a ruler there, carrying everything about the Benin monarchical system to that place. There is no basis for such classification.”

“The Ooni of Ife by historical facts, is a son of the Oba of Benin, so they are not in the same class. The Oba of Benin is the only one that answers Oba, the rest don’t. But today, we hear Oba here and there, they are all recent adaptations. I am saying categorically that the word Oba is indigenous to Benin and not to Yoruba nation.”

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repost since people re-railed the previous post

Gbam!!!

Pls save Nigerians from any royal beefs again

I really think benin owns the title

Wow.. . I'm hearing this for the first time o... I don't even know which is which again. .. Yorubas will bring their own creation story, scientists with different side, christians another side. Now the Benins are telling another story. .. Tell us who the father of Oba of Benin was; we can take it from there.

Back to paranki, please hrm tell that guy to lower the triupet each time he blows it..

SHEEGO2015:
Pls save Nigerians from any royal beefs again

I think benin are liars here, their title says omo 'n' oba that's the "SON OF KING" who is the king which is the father?, then now if the word 'oba' is a benin dialect then what's the name giving to king in yoruba language? In my own opinion I think the benin king title earned that title name when the prince of one king from another kingdom clinched the stool. The word "oba" where did it come from first. Then trace it from there.

I believe this Benin version of the story...
That Yoruba version sound like a concorted lies to me.

So from this story.,Edos are superior while the other one remains inferior...

Yea the name oba is indigenous to to benin Kingdom but we don't want any royal beef.

chriskosherbal:
Yea the name oba is indigenous to to benin Kingdom but we don't want any royal beef.

it's a lie bro, I'm a benin person and I speak yoruba too. Oba only means king in Edo and nothing else
but in yoruba language "ba" alone means "king " Oba means to reign over..I doubt if it will be bini word.

These people just want kill the young Ooni of Ife before hin time o!

You failed on the other thread and you had to open a new one.

I repeat, we are daring the Oba of Benin to declare he is not from the House of Oduduwa.

Is it that hard to do?

Bump.

No long turanci.

From Richard Edward Dennett.