Deji of Akure orders sack of local Obas

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  The Deji of Akure kingdom and the Chairman of Ondo State Traditional Rulers, Oba Adebiyi Adesida at the weekend ordered the dethronement of all monarchs appointed without the approval of the Deji-in-Council. Deji, in a letter warned Alayede Ogbese, Oba Iseoluwa Oluyede not to administer beyond his community and stop trespassing to other territories under Deji’s jurisdiction.
  
  While the Alayede Ogbese had appointed some monarchs including Olu Agunla, Prince Sunday Salami and Olu of Alayere, Prince Adeniran Aladetoyinbo as village heads, the Deji had gone ahead to appoint another set of people for the communities. Alayede-Ogbese claimed that since the Deji’s domain does not extend beyond Akure South, he had no traditional or legal right to appoint village heads beyond his territory.
  
  Ayede-Ogbese and communities in dispute are in Akure North. But the Deji in a letter to Oba Oluyede said: “While I exercise retrain from engaging in any form of altercation on the subject pleaded in your letter, I will support unequivocally, that the Alayede Ogbese having been elevated to a recognized chieftaincy, the Kabiyesi Alayede automatically became the prescribed authority over Ayede Ogbese community but not other communities under the historical and traditional authority of Deji of Akure.
  
  “The Agunla community in this instance is a community under the historical and traditional authority of Deji. The division of Akure Local Government Area into two was aimed at administrative convenience of the communities and not to infringe on existing historical and traditional authorities. “Government steps at making life easy for the citizenry should not be misconceived as altering history and distorting facts but to rather complement it.
  
  A good reference is the case of Ondo East and West local governments where the Osemawe exercises his authorities.” The first monarch referred to the government circular on the issue, which gave him the lordship over lands within Akure kingdom.