By Ola Ajayi, Ibadan

A controversial traditional ruler in the South West, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwoland, who recently pronounced himself as Emir of Iwo which caused a stir among Yoruba leaders, has faulted an apex Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere and Yoruba Council of Elders on their stance against creation of cattle ranches for Fulani herders in the South West. He said the comments would only further fan ember of discord and disunity in the country.

Oba Akanbi gave this warning at the ‘N2 billon Community Development Fund Raising’ organised by Mr Temitope Olatoye Sugar, a member of the House of Representatives representing Akinyele/Lagelu Federal Constituency in Oyo State.

At the programme that held at the Premier Hotel, Ibadan, weekend, the monarch argued that land anywhere in the country belongs to all Nigerians and it is wrong to say Fulani herders should not be allowed to create cattle ranches in Yorubaland.

Oluwo wondered why those saying land should not be allocated for the creation of cattle ranches in Yorubaland did not oppose the establishment of other business interests by some northerners in the South West zone of the country.

“More than half of the land mass of this country belongs to the North. The remaining is shared by the Southerners. We should look for unity. We should not discriminate. The land together is called Nigerian land, and it belongs to all of us. There should be no discrimination. That is why I call myself the Alaafin of Iwo, Ooni of Iwo, Alake of Iwo. We traditional rulers should be fathers to all”, the monarch said.

Those present at the occasion included the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, who was represented by Mr Wole Oke; Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state represented by the state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Adeniyi Olowofela; Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state, represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ifedayo Abegunde; and Oladipupo Adebutu Keshington from Ogun State, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan, represented by Oba Adekunle Adebowale, the Agbolu of Agbaye Ife; Oba Lekan Balogun, the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Senator Ayoade Adeseun and parents of the lawmaker, who all contributed financially to the fundraising aimed at alleviating poverty especially among the jobless youths.

In his speech, Olatoye Sugar noted that “the rich will never sleep as long as the poor are hungry. I therefore call on all men and women of goodwill, who have the determination like me to give succor to the less privileged, the voiceless and thousands of jobless youths who require vocational skills and entrepreneurship training in our society, to lend support through the launching of this N2 billon OSF Community Development fund-raising”.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/oluwo-faults-afenifere-yce-on-refusal-of-cattle-ranches-in-s-west/

Haaaaaa!

Apc quote : For you to be an Immortal many have to die

ok.
next!

This guy is sick.

".....The monarch argued that land anywhere in the country belongs to all Nigerians and it is wrong to say Fulani herders should not be allowed to create cattle ranches in Yorubaland.

Oluwo wondered why those saying land should not be allocated for the creation of cattle ranches in Yorubaland.........

“More than half of the land mass of this country belongs to the North. The remaining is shared by the Southerners. We should look for unity. We should not discriminate....."

See one of the sophisticated idiotic kafir Imagine what the fool is saying here? After Gov.Ganduje invited the fulanis & they refused to go over? Why are people cursed like this

Afonjas the most confused tribe in the whole of nigeria

How this eddiot became an Oba I will never understand. This man is too controversial. Something must be done about this eddiot

DREAMZZZ:
Afonjas the most confused tribe in the whole of nigeria

Shut your mouth. Even Ebonyi said same

“More than half of the land mass of this country belongs to the North. The remaining is shared by the Southerners

So why are they still looking for more lands?



Our land is yours, Ranka dede
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DREAMZZZ:
thats a lie show me where? You afonjas are always confused ...you dont have a single standing ...you are neither here nor there .... nowonder your history is made up of backbitting and betrayal

Check the internet yourself. I won't be the one to do that for you.
How far about Namdi cownu? Una done find am?

What a disgrace to manhood. That renegade should be dethroned. Maybe some money was give to him, and his brain misfired.

I EXPECT NOTHING LESS FROM EMIR OF IWO. YORUBA MUSLIMS ARE THE REAL ENEMY OF THIS NATION

Look at the list of VIPs and dignitaries that instead of showing up are represented by designates. It is serious and an indicator that this Oba is sidelined.

confusion ridden sophicated mo rons.

Salamrushdie
firefire

lalasticlala good morning.

Sarrki and Madridguy, how many hectares of land do you want the king to give your herdsmen.

What do you expect from a stooge ofv the north planted as Emir on Iwo

EternalTruths:
Salamrushdie

firefire

The cow should be ignored.

Misplaced of porpoise

Na wa

Afonja people are always a sold out.

Can iwo people just dethrone this embarrassment of a king.. We have enough problems already

Sellouts!

I am at a loss on what has gone wrong in the heads of some Yorubas who would sell even their fathers' lands for some chunks of Federal favours.

I am Yoruba, from Ibadan to be precise. My ancestors, fought very hard to keep the Fulanis off our Yorubaland, and from extending their alien sovereignty beyond Ilorin. One of such wars was the Osogbo war of 1840 and the Jalumi war.

Today, some peripheral-minded and unpatriotic Yorubas are willing to give out the same land that our forefathers fought to keep.

This menace of a king keeps premising his opinion on the need for national oneness, forgetting that Nigeria was never a nation. This Country is a compelled unity of diverse and not necessarily compatible interests. We Yorubas must protect what belongs to us else We are reduced to the Underdogs of this expired Republic.