Ola Ajayi
16 July 2008
Oyo — GOVERNOR Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State yesterday extended an olive branch to the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana, as he announced car gifts to four members of Olubadan-in-Council and other members of the State Council of Obas and Chiefs.
Four chiefs of the Olubadan whose titles were inscribed on the cars included Otun Balogun of Ibadanland, Otun Olubadan of Ibadan, Osi Olubadan of Ibadan and Osi Balogun of Ibadan.
Though, all the four chiefs were not in attendance at the presentation of 31 brand new saloon cars worth N100m to the members of the council, two highly-rated chiefs from the Balogun Chieftaincy line were present to receive their cars.
Governor Alao-Akala said the gesture was in fulfillment of his promise of May 8, 2008, and that the Executive Council had recently given approval for the placement of the new council members on the government payroll.
He added that the state government had also approved an upward review of transport allowances promising that soon the stipends of the royal fathers would be improved.
The two high chiefs of Olubadan at the ceremony were the Otun Balogun, Chief Sulaiman Omiyale and Osi Balogun, Chief Oyeleke Jenriyin. They were announced as representatives of the Olubadan at the ceremony.
But when Vanguard called the monarch, his Chief Press Secretary, Prince Oyedotun Oloyede said Olubadan did not send any of his chiefs to represent him at the ceremony.
When asked for clarification on the claim that Olubadan had earlier been presented with his car, he said he could not comment on it until he got the nod from the monarch himself.
The two chiefs of Olubadan, after the official commissioning of the cars by the governor, went into the Parliament Building to attend the meeting of traditional rulers presided over by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi.
This negated the earlier opposition of the Olubadan to the state government.
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