The controversy between Oyo and Ile-Ife in Oyo and Osun states over the celebration of Oranyan festival resurfaced last weekend as Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III declared that the legendary Oranyan was not in any of the four ruling/royal lineages of Ile-Ife as being claimed by Oni of Ife.

The two Yoruba towns had engaged in controversies over which of them had the right to hold the festival in view of the relationship of the legend with them.

Ile-Ife had insisted that Oyo had no right celebrating the Oranyan festival without seeking approval from its monarch, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse 11.

But Oba Adeyemi, who instituted the festival in 2012, argued that there was no other place central to the celebration of Oranyan festival than his kingdom, Oyo, where he said Oranyan once ruled as the monarch, a fact that made him a direct offspring of the legend as against Ile-Ife.

While speaking at Aganju Fore Court of the ancient palace of the Alaafin, during the grand finale of the 2013 edition of the festival, Oba Adeyemi maintained that there was no way the people of Ile-Ife could lay claim to Oranyan as the Oyo because, he was never a monarch in Ile-Ife the way he did in Oyo.

He described as falsification of facts, the claim that Oranyan ruled in Ile-Ife, noting that to further rubbish such claim, was the disclosure by some that he was the second king of Ile-Ife while in another breath, he was said to be the fourth king.

Alaafin said nothing could be farther from the truth than such claim, stressing that without mischief, none of the four ruling houses in Ile-Ife could claim to have been the descendant of Oranyan, “whereas, in our case, in the ancient Oyo town, Oranyan was our progenitor as one of our founding fathers.

“But we will not in anyway diminish from the fact that he was the founder of Oyo Kingdom.”

The grand finale of the week-long celebration attended by traditional rulers from across the Yorubaland and the Republic of Benin as well as top government functionaries, led by the state Deputy Governor, Moses Adeyemi witnessed diverse cultural displays and festival lecture.

sunnewsonline.com

Clap for your self OP.

Ile-Ife:
Clap for your self OP.

how do you mean?

But the staff of oranmiyan is in ife.we need to document our yoruba history collectively

OK we have heard. Very soon the Alaafin would demand that the Staff(obelisk) of oranmiyan be relocated to the new oyo. Thank you Alaafin

Yes he was never a king even though Ile Ife was his birth place and death place.But his legacy where the Oyo and Benin Monarchies.

miqos02: The controversy between Oyo and Ile-Ife in Oyo and Osun states over the celebration of Oranyan festival resurfaced last weekend as Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111 declared that the legendary Oranyan was not in any of the four ruling/royal lineages of Ile-Ife as being claimed by Oni of Ife.

@OP kindly change 111 to III at first read I thought you meant one hundred and eleven.

Akin-David:


@OP kindly change 111 to III at first read I thought you meant one hundred and eleven.

fixed

I don't know what the Alaafin stands to gain from throwing jabs at Ooni and Royal houses in Ile-Ife.
Understood he was a boxer but does this culminate into wanting to throw verbal punches since he longer practices is trade of eshe jija?
Oranmiyan was born in Ile-Ife, founded Benin then Oyo and returned to Ile-Ife where he ruled then died.
If Oyo wants to lay claim to Oranmiyan festival then Benin should also be able to lay claim.
Anyways, Moremi festival is celebrated in Ile-Ife and Offa respectively, Oyo can celebrate Oranmiyan while Ile-Ife does too without verbal punches being thrown around.

9jacrip: I don't know what the Alaafin stands to gain from throwing jabs at Ooni and Royal houses in Ile-Ife.
Understood he was a boxer but does this culminate into wanting to throw verbal punches since he longer practices is trade of eshe jija?
Oranmiyan was born in Ile-Ife, founded Benin then Oyo and returned to Ile-Ife where he ruled then died.
If Oyo wants to lay claim to Oranmiyan festival then Benin should also be able to lay claim.
Anyways, Moremi festival is celebrated in Ile-Ife and Offa respectively, Oyo can celebrate Oranmiyan while Ile-Ife does too without verbal punches being thrown around.

Well said bro. The man is still struggling to grapple with the collapse of the Oyo Empire and the liberation of many Yoruba nations afterwards. It is his life long wish to see Oyo return to reckoning and reign over all Yorubas not minding this is the 21st century where "eyes don open"!

@ MY PEOPLE . . . . . Don't mind those trying to rewrite their own history . . . . I wounder how Oranyan founded Bini Empire. . . . . . This people are doing this in favour of Ooni, whereas Ooni's never a descendant of this legend (ORANYAN) so he has no right to celebrate him . . . . .the only place central for the celebration is Oyo town, Nigeria as mandated by his True Blood (IMPERIAL MAJESTY, OBA DR. LAMIDI OLAYIWOLA ATANDA ADEYEMI III, ALAAFIN OF OYO) . . . . . Oranyan founded Oyo and became its first alaafin . . . . Check here for more

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranyan

And for those ignorants saying how come Oranyan Staff being situated at Ife. . . . .
The reason was that after he had ruled for years in Oyo he founded, he became old and went back to his father (ODUDUWA) house in Ife where he later died and a Staff was being erected there in remembrance of him . . . . . . . I WOUNDER HOW THE ORANYAN STAFF IS SITUATED IN THE BUSH . . . .BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN TODAY'S "IFE" PALACE
"All of you can research on where the staff is "
IF I TELL YOU THAT;
THE ANCIENT "IFE" HAS BEEN SHIFTED FROM WHERE THE POLE WAS ERECTED
SOME MAY NOT BELIEVE IT.
Any way, there's no need for people to be deceiving those that knows the history of Yoruba . . .
I think we all heard about Oyo Empire.

Have you ever heard about "Ife Empire" in Yoruba history

Oranyan Belong to Oyo according to Yoruba history and
we all heard about the seven children of Oduduwa. . .

nairaland is being monitored by 40 laptops in Isreal I'm sure.

miqos02: . . While speaking at Aganju Fore Court of the ancient palace of the Alaafin, during the grand finale of the 2013 edition of the festival, . . .

. . .The grand finale of the week-long celebration attended by traditional rulers from across the Yorubaland and the Republic of Benin as well as top government functionaries, led by the state Deputy Governor, Moses Adeyemi witnessed diverse cultural displays and festival lecture.

sunnewsonline.com

Pictures, or it didn't happen!

Akin-David:


@OP kindly change 111 to III at first read I thought you meant one hundred and eleven.

9jacrip: I don't know what the Alaafin stands to gain from throwing jabs at Ooni and Royal houses in Ile-Ife.
Understood he was a boxer but does this culminate into wanting to throw verbal punches since he longer practices is trade of eshe jija?
Oranmiyan was born in Ile-Ife, founded Benin then Oyo and returned to Ile-Ife where he ruled then died.
If Oyo wants to lay claim to Oranmiyan festival then Benin should also be able to lay claim.
Anyways, Moremi festival is celebrated in Ile-Ife and Offa respectively, Oyo can celebrate Oranmiyan while Ile-Ife does too without verbal punches being thrown around.

I would take this "reporting" with a grain of salt. Sun News is a tabloid, not journalism.

isale_gan2:



I would take this "reporting" with a grain of salt. Sun News is a tabloid, not journalism.

LOL

lanrex101: @ MY PEOPLE . . . . . Don't mind those trying to rewrite their own history . . . . I wounder how Oranyan founded Bini Empire. . . . . . This people are doing this in favour of Ooni, whereas Ooni's never a descendant of this legend (ORANYAN) so he has no right to celebrate him . . . . .the only place central for the celebration is Oyo town, Nigeria as mandated by his True Blood (IMPERIAL MAJESTY, OBA DR. LAMIDI OLAYIWOLA ATANDA ADEYEMI III, ALAAFIN OF OYO) . . . . . Oranyan founded Oyo and became its first alaafin . . . . Check here for more

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranyan

And for those ignorants saying how come Oranyan Staff being situated at Ife. . . . .
The reason was that after he had ruled for years in Oyo he founded, he became old and went back to his father (ODUDUWA) house in Ife where he later died and a Staff was being erected there in remembrance of him . . . . . . . I WOUNDER HOW THE ORANYAN STAFF IS SITUATED IN THE BUSH . . . .BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN TODAY'S "IFE" PALACE
"All of you can research on where the staff is "
IF I TELL YOU THAT;
THE ANCIENT "IFE" HAS BEEN SHIFTED FROM WHERE THE POLE WAS ERECTED
SOME MAY NOT BELIEVE IT.
Any way, there's no need for people to be deceiving those that knows the history of Yoruba . . .
I think we all heard about Oyo Empire.

Have you ever heard about "Ife Empire" in Yoruba history

Oranyan Belong to Oyo according to Yoruba history and
we all heard about the seven children of Oduduwa. . .

Yorubas don't talk like that, "MY PEOPLE". That's an Armoured BMW people thing. "My Pepu". You slipped.

yorubas dont keep referring to their men's diccks in public either.

another slip of tongue or finger.

Op what is ds topic doing in politic section? Is it not suppose to be in culture. Moderator please help us move it to cultural section b4 people politicise it. Thanks

The plain truth is that Oranmiyan was the Fourth Ooni of Ife and the biological father of all the 4 Ruling Houses in Ile Ife. Ooni is a direct descendant of Oduduwa.