ALAAFIN OF OYO AT CROSSROADS OVER SIBLINGS POLITICAL AMBITIONS

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Have you ever had any encounter with top Yoruba monarch, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, Alaafin of Oyo? If yes, what impression did you go away with? It is possible you think of him as a very blunt person. Very influential and powerful, the Iku baba yeye, however, Society Happenings gathered, appears to be at crossroads at the moment. The reason is that two of his children are contesting for elective positions under different parties. While Prince Akeem Adeyemi is contesting for Atiba Federal Constituency under the opposition All Progressives Congress, (APC), his sister Princess Folashade Adijat Adeyemi, is flying the flag of Peoples’ Democratic Party, (PDP), in Atiba State Constituency in the Oyo State House of Assembly. Given the fact that the popular Yoruba traditional ruler cannot be partisan in the present situation, this development, according to information, has been a source of worry to him as it has pitched the children against each other. As the election campaigns hot up, the Alaafin of Oyo’s palace has turned into a political arena of sorts, as supporters of the two candidates now converge there daily. While the beautiful princess is campaigning for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan and Teslim Folarin for the governor of Oyo State, her brother, a former chairman of Atiba Local government, is campaigning for General Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of APC as well as the re-election bid of the state governor, Senator Ajimobi.

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