The Aareago families of Ara in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State have called on Osun State Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, to reverse the recent installation of John Babatunde Ibirogba as the Aareago of Ara by the Alara of Ara, Oba Olubayo Adesola Windapo.
The families alleged that due consultation was not made before a section, out of the four that are entitled to the chieftaincy, presented Ibirogba to Oba Windapo as the Aareago designate, who subsequently was installed as the Aareago of Ara.
The three sections of the family, through their lawyer, Abdulrahman Okunade, had petitioned Oba Windapo in a letter directed to the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Adeleke Yekeen Adebayo.
The letter was written on behalf of the heads of three families namely; Alhaji Ibrahim Dahunsi Ogunlabi, Chief Oladele Faniran and Moyinlorun Ajayi, as representatives of the Ogunlabi, Oladapo and Adegoke families respectively of Aareago’s Compound, Ara in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State.
Recall that the Ibirogba family had in a recent interview said that the Aaare Ago chieftaincy title is exclusive to the family.
The family stated that the installation of Chief Babatunde Ibirogba as the new Aare Ago is lawful and historical.
Speaking through its representative, Kayode Ibirogba, he described as “malicious, vexatious and unwarranted distortion of history some publications in some newspapers about the history of the Aare Ago of Ara chieftaincy title by some dissenting voices.”
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