I’m Not Competing With Any Monarch – Alaafin of Oyo

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, has said that he is not in any supremacy battle with any monarch. His Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye, recently revealed that the king is not in any form of competition with anyone.

This is coming after the Alaafin faulted the Ooni’s decision to confer the title of Okanlomo of Oduwa on a businessman, Dotun Sanusi, during the unveiling of an indigenous social media network- 2geda, at Ilaji Hotel, Ibadan, at the weekend.

Reacting via a press statement released online, Durojaiye shared that Alaafin sees himself as a veritable custodian of Yoruba culture and tradition.

According to him, Oba Akeem Owoade always takes into consideration the safety and welfare of his subjects in whatever he does, and he is a monarch who will keep relying heavily on the will and wishes of his people.

He stated that the Alaafin is one who would never compromise tradition, culture and development of his people for cheap clout.

“Why Alaafin does not need to get into any battle for supremacy with any Oba, either in Yorubaland or anywhere in the universe? These immortal words of Alexander Graham Bell – The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider, and progressively be able to grasp any theme or situation -persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree” – sum up the life voyage of Owoade, an indomitable monarch with an unequalled passion for the great good of all.

He (Alaafin) is a veritable custodian of Yoruba culture and tradition, and has always taken into consideration the safety and welfare of his subjects and will never compromise tradition, culture and development of his people for a pot of porridge. The history has been so kind and friendly to Alaafin Owoade publicity since he ascended the throne of his forefathers, as he does not need to get into any battle for supremacy with any oba, either in Yorubaland or anywhere in the universe,” he said.

Durojaiye further noted that Oba Owoade would always be respected for combining humility with royalty to meet the needs of everyone under his leadership.

He concluded by saying that the monarch will continue to operate a government that will be judged by its results.

“Alaafin combines humility with royalty to meet the modern-day demands. Kabiyesi (the king who no one questions). Iku Baba Yeye (The one who commands death/he who is parent to death). Alashe (He who wields authority). Ekeji Orisha (Second-in-command to the gods). The Alaafin was inducted into the mysteries of various gods like Ifa, Sango etc to be the direct representative of these deities on earth,” he added.