The Ogboru ruling house of Ile Ife has called on kingmakers to be guided by the respect for tradition, equity and fair play in the selection of the next monarch for the town.
Speaking
on behalf of the family, a member; Prince Adediran Adetipe told newsmen
that Osun State Government should assist the traditional institution in
the state to ensure that the right person and ruling house emerges as
the 51st Ooni of Ife.
The
ruling house is one of the four expected to produce the successor to
the deceased 50th Ooni, Oba Okunade Sijuade, Olubuse II, who joined his
ancestors last month.
The four ruling houses in Ile Ife are the Ogboru, Osinkola, Lafogido and the Giesi families.
Prince
Adetipe disclosed that the Ogboru family has seven clans, including
Molodo, Amodo, Alaka, Adejokun, Odogbon, Ooni/Ilare and Olubuse/Olodo.
According
to him, the Adetipe family from the Amodo clan has already submitted an
expression of interest, by putting forward a generally accepted
candidate to fill the vacant position of the Ooni of Ife.
He
said that the immediate past Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade in 1980
had an agreement with the Giesi ruling house to trade their turn for the
throne, (and not on behalf of the entire Ogboru ruling house) adding
that Oba Sijuade’s predecessor- Oba Adesoji Aderemi was from the
Osinkola ruling house.
The Adetipe family hails from the Amodo clan of the Ogboru ruling house of the Ile Ife dynasty.
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