A video which captures Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Aremu Akiolu humiliating the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi at a public function has gone viral. The video which lasted for 27 seconds showed the Ooni of Ife arriving the venue of an event. He exchanged plesantries with the Obi of Onitsha Igwe Alfred Achebe. However, when he attempted to greet Oba Akiolu who was seated next to the Igbo king, he was rebuffed. The Lagos monarch simply waved his hand and ignored the Ooni. Oba Akiolu waved his hand indicating his non-interest in exchanging pleasantries with the Ooni . The embarrassed monarch displayed maturity by not losing his cool. He quietly returned to his seat to have a chat with Igwe Achebe. It is not clear what prompted Oba Akiolu’s reaction. Last year, both monarchs attended the birthday celebration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja in the company of each other.
The incident, however, triggered anger among Nigerians on Twitter. They condemned Oba Akiolu’s action as unbecoming of a Yoruba monarch. Reaction to Oba of Lagos publicly humiliating the Ooni of Ife .

Maybe de Lagos Oba sipped some Origin before going for de event...I remember that was his excuse the last time he said some people will drawn in de lagoon if they fail to vote Ambode...controversial old man

That's bad.

too bad,Oba were

Maybe he is afraid the young Ooni will outshine him.

zico530:
Maybe he is afraid the young Ooni will outshine him.

the young ooni has already outshined him

nero2face:
Maybe de Lagos Oba sipped some Origin before going for de event...I remember that was his excuse the last time he said some people will drawn in de lagoon if they fail to vote Ambode...controversial old man

and funny,selfish,stupid old monarch

Wrong title...the only humiliated person there is the oba

Hope he was not drunk.

Though i do not support the oba snubbing ooni but i think people have to stop trying to compare which oba is superior to another. No monarch in yoruba land is superior to another. The ooni is not superior to other obas. He is simply the ruler to ife people not to ijeshas, ijebus or the yoruba people at large. Akure have deji, ondo have oshemowe e.t.c