He said this in Ado-Ekiti, yesterday, at the formal launch and
presentation of a book , ‘Ekiti Historical and Royal Compendium.’
He stated in a veiled reference to renewed supremacy war between him and
the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi.
Expressing regret that some traditional rulers were re-writing the
history of the Yoruba people and attacking the source of the race, Ile-Ife, Oba
Sijuade said: “For centuries, Yoruba have no other source than the cradle,
Ile-Ife, the core centre of the great dispersal. Migrants founded cities,
communities and kingdoms and unmistakable references are made to no other
source at all times.
“It is, however, saddening that today the wet blankets are at work.
Yoruba tradition generally is being bastardised in all ways. So, the very
foundation of the historical antecedents of progenitors and founders of the
dynasty are being daily twisted, concocted, reconfigured and re-written only
for personal egos, selfish reasons and individual satisfaction,” Oba Sijuwade
said.
Responding, legal icon and the Chairman of the occasion, Aare Afe
Babalola (SAN), urged Oba Sijuwade to maintain peace with all his brother Obas
in the interest of unity.
“Based on the point your imperial majesty just raised concerning the
distortion of history, I want to advise that Kabiyesi should make peace with
all the Yoruba Obas.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who described
the book as a rich collection of history of all the 131 towns in the state,
disclosed his government’s intention to establish a modern museum that would
conserve the state’s historical documents and artefacts.
Present at the occasion were the Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf
Aregbesola, represented by Special Adviser, Chieftaincy Affairs; Mr. Samuel
Odewumi, Oyo State Deputy Governor; Chief Moses Adeyemo, the Yeyelua of Ile
Ife, Olori Mojisola Sijuwade, the Chairman of Ekiti Council of Traditional
Rulers and Onitaji, Oba Adamo Babalola, among others.
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