By Tunde Olamilekan
Traditional rulers in Ife North Local Government of Osun State have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi to retract his recent allegations against the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.
In a communiqué issued after a meeting on Thursday at the Palace of Salu Edunabon, the monarchs accused Oluwo of misbehavior, insult, and gross disrespect to Ooni.
It would be recalled that Oluwa in a viral video posted, accused Ooni of attempting to kill him some years back.
Oba Akanbi alleged that Ooni set him up with a woman who tried several times to kill him but failed.
Speaking in the video, Oba Akanbi said, “I helped Ooni Adeyeye, but because he aligns with the idols and me, God has put me above those idols as a king. Ooni doesn’t want me to tell the story and he was looking for my downfall.
“What he did was that he packaged a woman for me whom I didn’t know before. It was a setup. She was in my house and they were talking to the woman to set me up through videos and others.
“The supposedly ex-wife will be asking me questions then and they were communicating with her. She was there for over three years. She had a child, whom I don’t even know if is mine.
“She poisoned me twice, they set up an assassination attempt, and other things for me to die, but they failed.”
But the Ife North traditional rulers described the Oluwo’s remarks as criminal, defamatory, and unbecoming of a traditional ruler.
Reading the communiqué, Oba Adesoji Kehinde Oladepo, the Salu of Edunabon, said Oluwo has 21 days to write to the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to substantiate his allegations or retract them publicly.
“Failure to do so will leave us with no choice but to take legal action against him at the expiration of this ultimatum,” the statement declared.
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