₦airaland Forum

A king in Nigeria commands huge respect from his subjects and as a sign of loyalty and total submission , a king is being prostrated for. Does the king's father also prostrate for the king or is there an exception? Personally I think the protocol officers of the palace would ensure the king's father only sees his son in secrecy, nairalanders what is your submission?

*if na me be the king papa ehn and I do mistake prostrate for am for palace becos of one yeye crown he must come my room prostrate in secrecy for 3 nights... snakelala lalasticlala wetin you feel? Cc:Seun, myndd44

No idea

A man whose father is still alive cannot be crown king...hence a king in Africa (igboland) doesn't have a father.

The king prostrates to everybody in the coven for three times after which he prostrates to no one not even his father.


So, his father also prostrates, it is the tradition. Obasanjo, prostrated for the new Ooni of Ife.

However, if they belong to the same occult, he won't.

Former governor of Osun state was not prostrating for the late Ooni till the latter's demise. The erstwhile governor was his senior in their occult.

how would a son be king when the father is still a king....not in naija

midehi2:
how would a son be king when the father is still a king....not in naija

in yoruba land it can happen, this is because kingship is rotated amongst families... Take for instance the Ooni of ife, he did not succeed his dad from the throne, etc. In some other part of Nigeria this tradition is also used... Lalsticlala, myndd44 we need a wide range of view on this, do something.thanks