Ikirun leadership tussle

There has been tension in Ikirun, headquarters of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun State ever since the state government’s forceful installation of Oba Olalekan Akadiri from the Adeyemi family or Obaara Ruling House as the new Akinrun of Ikirun.

The announcement of Oba Akadiri as the new monarch sparked a crisis in the town which according to information led to the death of one person while several other residents sustained various degrees of injuries.

The Akinrun stool became vacant when the Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba AbdulRauf Adewale Adedeji II passed on in February, 2021.

Our findings revealed that there are 3 ruling houses in Ikirun namely; Gboleru Ruling House, Adedeji Ruling House and Obaara Ruling House.

According to the Ikirun District Chieftaincy Declaration and Gazette of 1959, approved in 1960, re-registered in 1970, which were done during the reign of Late Oba Lawani Adeyemi, and its subsequent versions, it is crystal clear that Gboleru Ruling House out of the three Ikirun Ruling Houses, is to produce the next Akinrun of Ikirun.

Unfortunately, the Osun State Government under the leadership of outgoing Governor Gboyega Oyetola forcefully imposed Olalekan Akadiri from the Adeyemi family or Obaara Ruling House as the new Akirun of Ikirun.

Oba Yinus Olalekan AKadiri the newly imposed Akirun of Ikirun land
This angered the people of Ikirun who strongly believe it is not yet the turn of Adeyemi family or Obaara Ruling House as a whole to produce the next King.

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