THE Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom in Ondo State, Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, is a controversial personality.

While the dust of his disagreement with the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, on the origin of Igbo people from Ile-Ife was yet to settle, his installation of “Yoruba Obas in Diaspora” has ignited another fire.

The three men crowned by Akinruntan are the Oriade of Georgia, Oba Bernard Shola Akinrimisi; the traditional ruler of Yoruba in Liberia, Oba Omobolaji Ogunkoya, Oodua Gbadewolu I, and the traditional ruler of Yoruba in the Republic of Ireland, Oba Saheed Ibrahim Adufe. At the installation held at his palace in Ugboland, Akinruntan said, “I am ready to crown more kings from the Diaspora as long as I remain the number one king in Yorubaland. I am the custodian of the Yoruba culture. “I am going to give more Obas in the Diaspora crowns. Many of them will get crowns and staff of office from me and nobody can query me. They know that I’m a special Oba in Yorubaland. My father, Oba Makin Osangangan, is the owner of Ife. “I am the leader of all Obas in Yorubaland. I speak with thunder in my mouth and I make bold to say so. No one is above me in Yorubaland in as much as it has been accepted that we are from Ife. I am the one that Oduduwa met at Ife. “I’m going to celebrate 10 years on the throne; people should go and prepare. I don’t want people to wear suit to my coronation anniversary because I’m a Yoruba Oba. The coronation will be a special celebration because I’m preparing for it and people will come from all over the country to celebrate with me”. Responding on behalf of those installed as monarchs at the occasion, Ogunkoya appealed to the Federal Government to include Diaspora traditional rulers in the scheme of things so as to give them the financial wherewithal and moral rectitude to help their people. Ogunkoya said, “The challenges in the Diaspora are many, but with our little resources, we will do our best. Meanwhile, one of the things we need to do in the Diaspora is to unite our people and give them a sense of belonging”.



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/i-am-the-leader-of-all-obas-in-yorubaland-oba-akinruntan/






Fulaman198, odumchi, bigfrancis21

So we have small obas and big obas.....ok ooo
They are now crowning obas in diaspora....oba of Yoruba in Liberia....

Lobbish

This ondo king like wahala gaan. He has been looking for who to fight since,

First he ordered the beating of Ibo Eze for daring to wear crown in his domain,

Then he called out Oni of ife and Moremi.

Now this

This is wrong. Obas in diaspora.

iammo:



This ondo king like wahala gaan. He has been looking for who to fight since,

First he ordered the beating of Ibo Eze for daring to wear crown in his domain,

Then he called out Oni of ife and Moremi.

Now this

They are different people. The King involved in the Eze Ndigbo debacle is the Deji of Akure.


This one just wants attention and a pacifier

Osagyefo98:
So we have small obas and big obas.....ok ooo

They are now crowning obas in diaspora....oba of Yoruba in Liberia....

Yorubas now want to compete with igbos on installing kings in foreign lands. Since there is eze indigbo of Liberia, why should there not be Oba Yoruba of Liberia?

The delusional and attention seeking Olugbo never still get sense. Obat that cannot be the leader of Obas in Ondo State is claiming to lead all other Obas in Yorubaland.

Mynd44:


They are different people. The King involved in the Eze Ndigbo debacle is the Deji of Akure.


This one just wants attention and a pacifier

Ok, thought it was him

Some of this kings are really bored, its time we start utilizing them, perhaps apoint them to head customary and majistrate courts after required training.

Or use.them for Secuirity Inteligence.gathering.in their domains and locations, since they already share out of local goverment allocation, yet doing nothing

Yoruba kings and pettiness

wirinet:


Yorubas now want to compete with igbos on installing kings in foreign lands. Since there is eze indigbo of Liberia, why should there not be Oba Yoruba of Liberia?

They coronated three at once...liberia, Georgia, ireland....and more to come within the week.

Lolzzzzz

And someone rushed and moved this beautiful and educating thread to culture section.

Wonderful, u try.

Call him crazy, he is right.


When oduduwa came to Ife, he meet the people, how he was able to usurp them is story for another day.



When people say they are Yoruba , I laugh at there sophisticated foolery, nothing like Yoruba, it was a derogatory word from a northerner.