Akure, the capital of Ondo State, has remained
grounded since Tuesday following a clash between
Igbo indigenes and Akure youths.
The Akure youths accused the Igbos of
disrespecting their monarch, the Deji of Akure,
Oba Aladelusi Aladetoyinbo.
This followed the alleged refusal of the Igbos to
obey the instruction giving by the monarch.
DAILY POST gathered that the youths were
furious over the manner the Eze-Ndigbo of Akure,
sir, Gregory Iloehike allegedly addressed the Deji
in his palace, when he (Iloehike) was invited.
A palace source disclosed that trouble started
between the Deji and Igbo residents, following the
installation of an Igbo man as the chairman of one
of the markets in Akure by the Eze-Ndigbo.
Oba Aladetoyinbo was said to have been angry,
having felt that it was a taboo for an Igbo man to
rule over a market in Akure.
It was gathered that the Akure monarch
immediately summoned Iloehike but that to his
surprise, the Eze-Ndigbo wore his crown to the
Deji’s palace, an action said to be against the
tradition of Akure.
Irked by his attitude and responses to allegations
leveled against him, the Chiefs and some youths
who were in the palace ordered him to remove his
crown.
Deji of Akure was said to have suspended him
from parading himself as Eze-Ndigbo.
This development sent a wrong signal to the Igbo
residents, who mobilized themselves to the
palace, ordering the Deji to reverse his earlier
statement on Iloehike.
But they were unlucky as Akure youths flogged
them out of the palace.
Since the incident occurred on Tuesday, the
Igbos, who dominate the Oba-Adesida road have
refused to open for business.
Rather, on Wednesday morning, they converged
on their secretariat located at Gbogi Street, Akure
as early as 7.00am and warned the Akure
monarch against his plan to dethrone the Eze
Ndigbo.
They insisted that the traditional ruler had no
power to dethrone Iloehike.
The embattled Eze Ndigbo explained that he had
not been rude to the Deji of Akure since he
ascended the throne about six months ago,
adding that he contributed immensely to the
installation of the monarch.
According to him “the Deji called me around
8.48pm last sunday inviting me to his palace and
I honoured his invitation on monday morning. I
went with one of my Chiefs, but when I got to the
palace, I saw youths numbering over 200 who
started shouting as I entered. I suspected that
the youths were mobilized by the monarch and I
showed respect to the Deji by prostrating for him.
“The monarch while addressing me at his palace
threatened to drive all the Igbos in Akure out of
the city and when I asked for the offence my
people committed, the youths at the palace
descended on me. They tore my beads and
removed my crown. They attempted to beat me
but the Police officers at the Palace rescued me.”
The Eze Ndigbo said the invitation by the
monarch was the first he would receive from him
since the monarch ascended the throne, pointing
out that Igbos had been living harmoniously in
Akure for over 70 years without friction with the
natives.
The spokesman for the Deji-in-Council who is the
Asamo of Akureland, High Chief Olusanya was not
in his palace for comments.
He also could not pick calls made to him by daily post correspondent! Source:
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At least I know you all will still be sleeping... So I can easily make my debut FTC... Like an African proverb... Na sleep dey collect wetin dey for small pikin hand. I know if it's possible some of you pple will take ya fone to dream world just to be FTC but God pass una.... Thunder fire devil.

I hope other eze ndi igbo learn, two crowns in one palace is never done, b.t.w stop tribal/ethnic bigotry the end is destruction.