Another royal misadventure in Akure again!, fraudulent selection of representatives of royal houses

Deji stool: Adesida rejects representatives

The Adesida Royal family has kicked against the new process of selecting the Deji of Akure as it rejected the names of the head and the secretary elected to liaise with the the Ojijiogun Ruling House and the state government


The family, at a press conference in Akure on Saturday by its secretary, Mr. Adejare Adesida, said they were not part of the meeting that produced the head and the secretary of the Ojijiogun Ruling House.


They, therefore, urged the Akure South Local Government and the Ondo State Government to disregard the representatives and order the conduct of a fresh selection that would involve the three families that make up the ruling house.


The ruling house, comprising Faturoti, Arosoye and Adesida, has been asked to produce the next candidate for the stool of the Deji after the deposition of Mr. Oluwadare Adesina, who is from the Osupa Ruling House.


A new head of the Ojijiogun Royal House and the secretry, who will present the list of shortlisted candidates to the kingmakers, were elected on Friday.


The all-embracing meeting produced Mr. Victor Adegoroye as the head of the ruling house, while Mr. Soladoye Arosoye was made the secretary in compliance with the directive of the Akure South Local Government on the matter,


But Adesida said the meeting, where such decision ought to have been taken did not hold as only the Adesida family was present at the Akure town hall, where the meeting was supposed to have been held.


He described as fraudulent, allegations that the Adesida family was part of the meeting because “the meeting was only attended by the Faturoti and Arosoye, leaving out the Adesida, which is the largest of the ruling house.”


He said, “We are surprised to hear that we held a meeting, people know us to be straightforward, we did not hold any meeting, we did not appoint anybody, the meeting was supposed to hold at the town hall by 12pm on Friday and before the time, we learnt that some people had been appointed as head and secretary.


“It was a complete lie and an act of indiscipline, the Adesida royal family is not part of the meeting, we have written to Akure South Local Government that we are not part of the selection process, the names of those said to have attended the meeting from the Adesida family were forged.


“The largest part of the ruling house has been left out, the meeting is an illegal meeting, the local government should intervene and invite the three families to conduct the election of the head and the secretary.”


It will be recalled that the stool of the Deji of Akure became vacant following the deposition of the former occupier, Adesina, by the state government on Thursday, June 10, 2010 after a brawl with his estranged wife, Bolanle.