The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has called on monarchs to shun idol worship and keep away idols from their palaces.

He made this known in a telephone interview with PUNCH in Osogbo.

“Our palaces must be clean and devoid of any idol. There is authority in the mouth of any monarch who is clean and who shuns idol worshiping. Our palaces must be devoid of idols.

I removed the ‘Ogun Odela’ in front of my palace and asked them to take it to Ogundigba (far from the palace) because of this. This happened about two weeks ago.

Oba must not kneel down before anybody to pray. This is a message or a warning to all the kings and let me tell them that their palaces are the habitation of God on earth. God was dwelling with us before churches and mosques were built,” he said.

Oba Akanbi added that God hates idolatry, and that God would not help any town whose king worshiped other gods.

He called on kings to serve their people and not wait for their people to bringtributes to them.

Citing Oduduwa as an example, the monarch called on kings to love and serve their people and not wait for them to bring tributes to the palace.

He said that Oduduwa became the greatest king in Yorubaland because od service and love for his people.

How did you get to the throne? What process? By which people? Hope you did not bow to any of these idols you are talking about? Just simple questions to ask the monarch.

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