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Yoruba Obas, Kings To Settle Obasanjo & Jonathan’s Fight – Akinruntan
Feb 19, 2015 – Yoruba Monarchs, Traditional Rulers Planning To Settle Obasanjo & Jonathan’s Fight – Akinruntan
Chairman of the Yoruba Obas Conflict Resolution Committee, Oba Obateru Akinruntan, has said Nigerians should not think that former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, and the incumbent, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, are enemies.
Speaking after a meeting of the committee members in Ibadan yesterday, he disclosed that the duo would resolve their differences.
Checks revealed that many Nigerians believed that Obasanjo, who dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) earlier this week and Jonathan, who is the PDP presidential candidate for this year’s general elections had fallen apart.
Akinruntan, the Okoro Agija 1, who is the Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom in Ondo State, noted that Obasanjo and Jonathan knew how to settle their differences, adding that the committee wanted peaceful conduct of this year’s general elections.
“We don’t dabble into politics. They (Obasanjo and Jonathan) have been friends for ages. They would settle themselves. If you see them fighting on pages of newspapers, it doesn’t mean they are enemies. If any of them has any event now, don’t be surprised to see them turning up,” he said.
The meeting was attended by the Oluyari of Iyari in Ondo State, Oba Daodu Joel Sunday; the Jowe of Irukorogha in Ondo State, Oba Matthew Olasheinde; Gbaluwe of Igbotan Kingdom, Oba Ajayi Adeniyi; Sabigana of Iganna in Oyo State, Oba Saliu Oyemonla Azeez; and Oba Sikirulahi Adelani from Ogun State.
The monarch also spoke on the efforts of the committee in resolving conflicts among Yoruba Obas, adding that the provocative utterances that could lead to feud among the traditional rulers had been checked.
Akinruntan noted that the committee had been having separate meetings with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade Olubuse II, towards resolving the feud between the two Yoruba monarchs.
He said the efforts had been yielding fruitful results. The two monarchs, he stated, hardly launched verbal attacks against each other like before.
[Reported By Oluseye Ojo, Daily Sun]
Francesca
February 19, 2015 at 4:24 AM
foolish obas dey hv collected money
ubong
February 19, 2015 at 7:07 AM
Francesca why ****,do u thnk s everybody dat collect money like all political criminals APC, obas dnt waste yur time obj s frustrated oldman
horlargold
February 19, 2015 at 8:49 AM
don’t mind them they are all thieves
Traze
February 19, 2015 at 8:58 AM
Obasanjo is not a friend to GEJ because a good friend will stand by u in times of need and not trying to bring u to the dust.Is obasanjo trying to tell nigerians that his govt was free from corruption?GEJ inherited corruption from OBJs govnt and now he is trying to play self righteouness when we know his storry.I also liken him to king saul in the bible,he shold go to hell becos GEJ refuses to let him control and ruin his govt. elder stateman.
alex
February 19, 2015 at 12:49 PM
Na God go punish you fucking obas dem don collect money…sshey OBJ be hin mate way una won settle…even OBJ no be all this obas mate self.
you like it or not GMB be our next president
Jilo
February 19, 2015 at 1:06 PM
I don’t believe this is a matter of feud between duo but an expression of individual opinion. Obasanjo is entitle to his opinion likewise Jonathan. Jonathan is stretching his hand to these Obas as a last favor from South West but it wouldn’t work. This is a matter between Nigerians and its leadership. These Obas are not even relevant nowadays because most of them have sold their birth right for money. These Obas instead should be representing the interest of the masses not Jonathan.
mulikat
February 19, 2015 at 1:43 PM
foolish as u said Francesca,they collect money kudi.
the job
February 19, 2015 at 2:07 PM
All i know is..as long as Nigeria is being ruled by all this Ogboni and all sort of occultic members,Nigeria will not go anywhere…trust that.