Ibadan: By Our REPORTER
Published, Sunday, January 9, 2022
HIGH CHIEF (SENATOR) RASHIDI LADOJA, has called the debate surrounding his succession to the throne "unnecessary."
The former governor, who is the second most senior chief in the Civil Line that would produce the next Olubadan of Ibadan spoke at his Bodija residence.
He said the succession plan was clear and unequivocal, and there should be no dispute over this.
Meanwhile, Senator Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial aspirant and senator representing Oyo Central, led bigwigs in the party in a visit to Ladoja after the death of Oba Adetunji on Thursday.
Senator Ladoja was quoted that "In the end, there' s no argument about it. In our line, Egbon Lekan Balogun is the oldest and hence the next in line for the position of king.
"My body and mouth language tells people that Egbon Lekan is my senior and the Olubadan stool' s next successor.
"It is not within my power to transform anyone into Olubadan. We launched a legal challenge against Abiola Ajimobi' s ill- advised reforms as governor in 2017. High Chiefs and Olubadan-in-Council members agreed to file a lawsuit against him, and we delegated Michael Lana the duty.
"Some of the High Chiefs had requested that their names be removed from this suit, leaving only my Egbon Balogun and myself.
"Lana told me later that Egbon Balogun too had dropped out of the case two weeks after we started it. I asked Lana if I could do it by myself, and he said ' sure, ' so we went ahead.
Ajimobi appealed after we won the case at the state high court.
"A few days before Ajimobi stepped down as governor, the Appeal Court ruled that the matter should be referred back to the High Court for a new trial. The Appellate Court ruled that the matter was brought under a writ of summons rather than an original summons by the appellate judges.
"With a new administration in place, Seyi Makinde called for an out-of-court settlement, which we accepted and completed.
"Afterward, the court issued a consent judgment based on the agreed-upon terms of settlement.
"The plaintiffs, however, maintained they weren't satisfied and filed two new lawsuits, which remain in court to this day.
"As a result, I want people to know that I'm not a nuisance. Egbon Balogun and his associates, who are still referring to themselves as " Obas, " brought the cases currently before the courts in relation to the Obaship squabble.
"It is with them that the general public should communicate. They should be allowed to leave and their cases should be dropped. In my opinion, this situation is causing an unnecessary amount of stress," the former governor concluded.
Thedispatch had earlier reported that the Osi OLUBADAN and former Oyo State governor refuted the report that he supported Chief Lekan Balogun as the successor to the Olubadan Stool.
He said it'ss a known fact that in Ibadan tradition, the Otun Olubadan traditionally becomes the next Olubadan after the exit of the Olubadan.
“That explanation should not be misconstrued to mean I’m in support of his nomination as the next Olubadan or not.
“Let it be also known that I have no hand in the letter written by an Ibadan-born lawyer and former Justice Commissioner, Barrister Michael Lana.
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