Monarchs in Nigeria usually have more than one throne in their throne room. In fact, most monarchs have 3 thrones in their throne room.

If another monarch visits the palace, for example, if the Emir of Kano visits the Oba of Lagos, then the Emir will sit on one of the other thrones.

There are usually 3 thrones because, according to protocol, when the president visits a state, he usually visits the most prominent traditional ruler in that state and the governor, as his host, usually accompanies him on that visit. So that traditional ruler would usually sit on the biggest throne (in the middle), the president would sit on his right and the governor on his left.


However, in recent months there have been some crazy threads on Twitter and Nairaland in which some people have alleged that the monarch "left his throne" for another person and that the monarch has therefore "desecrated Yoruba culture". So, for example, when Pastor Adeboye visited the Ooni of Ife, some people posted a close up picture of Adeboye sitting on a throne and claimed that the Ooni "left his throne for Adeboye".

Similarly, this morning someone posted a close up picture of Buhari sitting on a throne at Iga Idungaran and claimed that the Oba of Lagos "left his throne for Buhari".

www.nairaland.com/attachments/8724724_dzcfeimxcaawokj_jpeg_jpeg8d8c1de6f297050b924a9cca731c7259

Look at the pictures below and you be the judge.

Pic 1 & 2) Buhari, Osinbajo and the Oba of Lagos at Iga Idungaran yesterday.

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Pic 3) Buhari at Iga Idungaran in 2015.

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Pic 4) The Emir of Kano at Iga Idungaran.
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They posted the first picture as proof that the Ooni left his throne for Adeboye to sit on.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/8724379_ooni_jpeg546cca09cfa00ec12c1331bbff32103c


However (as you can see from the 2nd picture), the Ooni's throne is actually a couch and that's the throne that he sits on when he has guests.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/8724380_ooni2_jpege81d7475b9fb7036218054e2bbdc24bc


This is even clearer in the 3rd picture. You can see the leopard skin rug in front of the throne.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/8724381_ooni3_jpeg44b02fb1bae3c207e051e53d3be18634

Tweets.

Oba alabosi.......yeye dey smell

Only someone with clean hands and a pure heart can sit on a monarch's throne

See as the fulani herdsman is posing as if he knows what he's writing.

What do you expect of an Agberoish Oba?

Thank God the poster explained well with picture proofs.


But still, watch how OSU ÀLUSI IPOB PIG FLADHEADṣ and illiterate
FRUSTRATED CHILDREN OF HATE MASTURBATÈ AND DROLL SPITS FROM THE FILTHY HOLE ON THIS THREAD.

Watch how

nd they would still come here to insult other tribes

Nawa

PDP are naturally desperate and deceitful. Most of their politicians and supporters don’t know how to make money like normal human beings. They have grown accustomed to receiving looted money from Nigeria’s treasury without offering any tangible services. Buhari not only removed them from government, he also blocked their avenues of stealing and that’s why they hate him so much. Many of these people call themselves businessmen and complain about the economy, yet their so-called businesses have no structure of any kind. They just wait for a greedy politician to give them fraudulent contracts. Buhari has blocked those loopholes and they will remain blocked. This week we will send their criminal leaders into political retirement. PMB till 2023.

Afonja did same to Alimi who betrayed him and assassinated him and made himself the Emir of Ilorin which remains under the caliphate instead of the Alaafin.
This Lagoon Oba and the other on who now calls himself Emir of Iwo are Yahoo boys

I have nothing to say .... but wait o! is it your throne? sifia pain kee you there!

What are you not going to hear from the wailing party

If it is true. This is shameful.

This is critically critical


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Africans... smh

Lol

What is your concern?
Will the sitting make him lose or win the election?

STUPID PDP. supporters

If this is true then Oba Akiolu isn't only a disgrace to Yoruba land, race but also a disgrace to every king that has ever lived. They should kick him away as soon and fast as possible.

PDP and fake news

The way they disgracefully throw fake news around they seem not to care they would be exposed later and their character maligned.

What I believe is that no northerner ruler will leave his sit for any president.. The First sit belong to obas no matter who might be the visitor. But when u care for money too much, u can even give ur life to a lifeless man.

Less I Forget, its only fool, idiot that will vote PDP and APC. This are the people that enslaved your parents and u end up in where u are today. U want to continue from where they stop just because u don't believe in impossibility.

APC= PDP

BUHARI = ATIKU

Igbos are now having heart attack on yoruba matter .
Lmfao

AFONJA is alive and well

Oba of lagoon.

Okay we don hear

Buhari that one na Emperor na

I guess so