Re: Awujale palace disowns adeokun as an authentic high chief

It doesn’t matter how long it takes to issue rejoinder on matters bothering on Chieftaincy, be it traditionally or honourary conferment! As a rejoinder, needfully, harps in righting the wrongs of false historical assertions, based on uninformed submissions from whatever avenue such misinformation might have emanated from.

I would needfully respond to wrong positions, as well as submission of one Chief Bimbola Okenla, a minor Chieftaincy title holder from Ijębu-Ode, who was quoted to have made the above publication something of May 4th, 2020, – AWUJALĘ PALACE DISOWN OTUNBA LADIPO OLUSANYA ADEOKUN AS A BONAFIDE HIGH CHIEF.

This is a man who, over the years, have been wrongly parading and distortionally presenting himself as KAKANFO AWUJALĘ! A title that is NOT genuinely and historically linked with Awujalę Chieftaincy from the time immemorial, as far as Ijębu country comes to questions!

His title is Kakanfo agbada uko, a minor Chieftaincy title and of the three major traditional wards namely Uwade, Ijasi(Uwade Oke) and Porogun, that made up Ijębu-Ode from time immemorial.  The other minor chieftancy titles in that cadre are: Agbon fu ru ina njo ogiri ko sa, Lapo Ękun(Ola pa ękun ibi bu şe) and Kakanfo agbada uko.

Those who are holders of the above-mentioned ward titles are known to be errand men of the elders of those wards mentioned earlier in the socio-political settings of Ijębu-Ode in those olden days and are mandated to report to the Ogu’ja Olu-Isa (OLISA) Ijębu-Ode, who is vested with the monarchical authority over the Ilamuręns and by extension Ijębu-Ode NOT to Awujalę! These title holders serve as voices to the three major wards and can as well be regarded as pressure groups leaders of their respective wards in olden times.

Hence, they were known and address as YOUNGER ELEMENTS by the colonialists. Just as their female counterparts are known as Iyal’ode and there WERE three of them, each for those wards mentioned earlier in this rejoinder.  It is therefore a greater degree of distortion for any of these title holders to arrogate the title beyond the roots that birthed its existence!

Suffice to say, he, Bimbo Okenla, is not and can NEVER be vested with the right to assert that the title, of OTUNBA LABOYEDE OF IJĘBU-ODE have been inappropriate or to be so conferred on a true Prince of Ijębu-Ode, in the person of OTUNBA LADIPO OLUSANYA ADEOKUN who is a recipient of the title of Otunba LABOYEDE of Ijębu-Ode. It must not be lost on the historically equipped mindsets that the title of OTUNBASHIP available in Ijębu-Ode and by extension to Awujalę Chieftaincy are ONLY ELEVEN! And it could be more taking into consideration of some branches that were birthed from the initial parenting lineages.

There SEVEN from the OLISA Chieftaincy and FOUR from Awujalę Chieftaincy. And it is NEVER the exclusive royal prerogative, rights and rites of the Awujalę Palace to confer traditional titles, honourary recognition on anyone worthy of such, more so when Ijębu-Ode community is in the discuss! It is the royal duties and responsibilities of the Ogu’ja Olu-Isa (OLISA)Palace to carry out such! Notwithstanding the brazen usurpation of such traditional rights and responsibilities by the Awujalę Palace.

He Bimbo Okenla and his co-travellers in their distorting orientation aren’t knowledgeable to realise that there have been NOTHING like HIGH CHIEF, even in the extant Chiefs law he referred to! OTUNBASHIP IS OF ROYAL LINEAGE RECOGNITION not of Chief’s STATUS as he had erroneously stated.

Perhaps, Bimbo Okenla needed to be schooled on how the title of OTUNBASHIP came to being in those days, unlike today that it has become all comers’ affairs! As it has become a veritable avenue for some Obas to make financial gains from by conferring such titles among others, to highest bidders among the titles mongering mindsets in our society today, albeit uniformingly!

For Bimbo Okenla to be seen or at worst considered a sound repository of our history, he should needfully go back to the media and educate the members of our society on the true meaning of OTUNBASHIP, as far as Ijębu country is concerned. A task I beat my chest he couldn’t deliver convincingly, for he’s been lacking the historical wherewithal to define,and as well drive home such meaningfully! This has no doubt been registered in his “a ti ro b’ęlęşhin d’ogba” description of his own title!

It isn’t a bad thing for one to ask for genuine history, surrounding an historical subject matter, other than going public to issue or submit uniformingly about such development that has been clearly beyond ones scope of knowledge. As it is obvious that even if an idiot, a king is presumed to be all knowing! As a result of unwritten priviledge of royalty.

Bimbo Okenla also went further his usual aspersions casting disposition to describe Ogu’ja Olu-Isa(OLISA) Royal Dynasty of Ijębu-Ode  a so-called and non-existing in his self-inflicted disillusionment! As Ogu’ja  Olu-Isa(OLISA) Royal Dynasty predated every other ruling Dynasties known in the genuine history of Ode Oşhin( now Ijębu-Ode).

A fact of history that is not only known to him, but he’s only disposed to playing to the gallery, just as read of one Alade Shotę, who also by the priviledge unwritten Chieftaincy recognition, who also issued uniformingly about the Ogu’ja Olu-Isa(OLISA)Royal of Ijębu-Ode, at the instance of their bootlicking disposition to the self-conceited power that be of our society! He Bimbo Okenla need to tell members of the public, if that was the first time he was hearing the name: Ogu’ja Olu-Isa (OLISA)?

It keep coming to me, not as a shock, but as a concern how some mindsets aren’t mindful of posterity in all that they do! For they allow themselves to be used as Guinea pigs, ęnu  al’akori l’Aiye fi nto obę wo the maxim of our ancestors posited! And they all shall have themselves to be blamed in future reckonings. As far as their ignominy comes to questions.

As a matter of balancing and setting historical records straight, we have ONLY two types of OTUNBASHIP, as far as Ijębu-Ode is concerned and by extension Ijębu land, namely Otunba a g’Odo and Otunba n’inu Omo’ba. What has been prevalent lately have been proliferation of OTUNBASHIP, as they have been NOTHINGNESS other than Otunba guguru ati ępa

It is on historical records that, it was the immediate past Ogu’ja Olu-Isa(OLISA) Ijębu-Ode, late HRM Al’Aiyeluwa(Oba) Henry Adeşubomi Oşhifowokan, Wonomo II, that revived the title of OTUNBASHIP in Ijębu-Ode! It was he, in his royal capacity, that bestowed OTUNBA TUNWAŞĘ title on Late Otunba Micheal (Monsuru)Olaşubomi Oladimeji Balogun, who being a bonafide Prince of Ijębu-Ode.

A development that unsettled the incumbent Awujalę  – HRM (Oba) Sikiru Olukayode Adetona then! As he also used a newspaper advertorial to denounce him as a bonafide Otunba! He even out of ignorance asserted that such name – Tunwaşę have been unknown in the history our land. But alas, Otunba Şubomi Balogun later became one of Awujalę Sikiru Adetona’s acolytes, till when the end failed, immeasurably, justify the means! Ę şa ma ję k’a gba gbe ojo ola……..

In conclusion, OTUNBA LABOYEDE as a recognition title, could only appear to be non-existing to the uninformed attacking dogs and their paymaster! For our revered ancestors further and intelligently posited that: one shouldn’t expect the truth from those that have sold their conscience for sweetness but filthy meals of plantain! Posterity shall no doubt be cruel to whoever that have knowingly been courting distortions and aiding it spreads.

Signed: Prince Ęni-Oba Onanuga Ololade Ademola

Publicity Secretary for the Ogu’ja Olu-Isa (OLISA)Royal Dynasty Ijębu-Ode.

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