The deposed former Deji of Akure
Kingdom, Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina,
has written an emotional letter of
consideration to the Ondo state
government to reinstate him as the
paramount ruler.
The media
revealed his battery of his wife, Olori
Bolanle, in May 2010. His battered wife
took ill and subsequently died in July
2011.
Mr. Adepoju then relocated to the
United Kingdom. In the letter, obtained exclusively by
Sahara Reporters through his lawyer,
Barrister Olusola Oke, the deposed Deji
appealed to Governor Olusegun Mimiko,
for whom he claimed to have worked
tirelessly during his election campaign, to consider his plea.
“I must passionately plead with your
Excellence to remember how well I
stood behind you and fought with you
towards ensuring that you won the
election and to ensure that you also
recovered your stolen mandate,” he said. Recounting how he was deposed from
the town because he allegedly poured a
concoction on his estranged late wife,
Olori Bola Adepoju Adesina, he said the
avoidable communication gap was the
reason behind the widely-reported incident.
He claimed that the escalated fracas
between him and the late Olori was
misconstrued by the press which, he
also alleged, refused to report his own
version of the story. Dr Ige Ogunleye, the Chairman of the
Osupa Ruling house which Adesina hails
from, confirmed receipt of the letter,
but he declined further comment. Many sources in the ruling house
disclosed that the letter comes at an
important time, as the Deji throne is
vacant.
SaharaReporters had earlier
gathered from a kingmaker in the
palace that the Osupa Ruling House is the next family to present candidates
for the throne. We also learnt that chiefs in Akure will
this week complete traditional rites for
the late Oba Adebiyi Adegboye
Adesida.
A source revealed that the
daughter of the deceased, Princess
Adetutu, is expected to be installed as Regent of Akure pending the
emergence of a new king. The palace source told our reporter that
the belated installation was on account
of family exigencies. “The issue is that Princess Adetutu was
nursing her baby when the sudden
death of her father was pronounced.
But immediately after the whole rites
she might will be installed as the regent
of the kingdom this week or early in the New Year,” the source said. But an aide to the Lisa of Akure, High
Chief James Olusoga, told
SaharaReporters in a phone interview
that the traditional rites would be
completed with the installation of a
regent, most likely between Christmas and the New Year festival period. With just 23 days since the death of
Adebiyi Adesida, the jostling for the
throne has begun at a frantic pace, with
members of the Osupa Ruling House
lobbying kingmakers for the vacant sit. While some seem to favour the return
of the deposed Adesina to the throne,
others object, fearing victimisation
should he re-emerge the king. In the letter, however, the former and
perhaps future Deji seems to have leant
his lessons of his experience and
reconciled with those who worked
against him. Dated December 19, it was addressed to
Governor Olusegun Mimiko through his
Commissioner for Justice and Attorney
General, Eyitayo Jegede (SAN). It was
copied to the Deputy Governor, Ali
Olanusi; the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Samuel Adesina; the State
Chief Judge, Sehinde Kumuyi;
Commissioner for Local Government
and Chieftaincy Affairs, Bamiduro Dada;
and the Akure Council of Chiefs through
Lisa of Akure, High Chief James Olusoga.

A king ?? this man dear call himself a king?? shame on you .. i weep for my country