When it was reported few weeks ago that the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji and members of the Olubadan-in-Council had finally accepted the review of the 1957 Olubadan chieftaincy declaration, many residents in of Oyo State and beyond thought that curtains had been drawn on the controversial issue. It was reported then that the monarch and all his thirteen-member Olubadan in council, in a closed door meeting, had given their nod that Governor Abiola Ajimobi, who had set up a judicial committee, should go ahead with the review.
The meeting had in attendance, the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Lekan Balogun, Balogun of Ibadanland, High Chief Owolabi Olakuleyin, High Chief Eddy Oyewole and others. High Chief Balogun was reported to have said that the review had become imperative so as to meet the needs that were just unfolding.
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