King makers and heads of the two ruling families in Iresa-Adu town, Surulere Local Government area of Oyo state on Thursday asked Gov Seyi Makinde to intervene in the prolonged Obaship crisis rocking the ancient town to prevent it from degenerating to breakdown of law and order.
The King makers and the heads of ruling houses in a petition to Gov Makinde, dated May 19 urged the governor to deploy all powers within his disposal to stop one Prince Adeyeye Oyerinde from further parading himself as the new Aresa-Adu of Iresa-Adu in flagrant disobedience to an existing court order.
In the petition signed by Prince Fowomola Olanipekun for the Emiolu ruling family and Prince Raji Oloyede for the ruling Oshunbiyi as well as other prominent indigenes of Iresa-Adu called on the Oyo State commissioner of Police to prevail on the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) in Surulere Local Government to desist from aiding and abetting Prince Adeyeye Oyerinde in his bid to cause chaos in the town
Emphasizing in the petition that Prince Adeyeye Oyetunde was never chosen by any of the two ruling families to be the next monarch, the petitioners stressed that none of the two ruling houses forwarded the name of any candidate to the king makers as required by the chieftaincy laws of Oyo State and the Aresa-Adu of Iresa-Adu chieftaincy declaration.
According to the petition titled: “The Aresa-Adu of Iresa-Adu chieftaincy and the position of the two ruling houses, the chiefs and the kingmakers of Iresa-Adu and all indigene of the towns against the fraud of being perpetuated by Prince Adeyeye Oyerinde and the threat to the peace of the town”,” the selection and process of Coronating another monarch for the town is currently a subject of litigation in a matter instituted by the Emiolu ruling house in Suit Number: HOI/4/2019
24th April 2019, before an Oyo State High Court sitting in Orile Igbon in Surulere Local Government for which an interlocutory injunction restraining all parties in the matter has been secured pending the final determination of the case.”
The petitioners alleged that Prince Oyerinde has in recent time, busy himself with the installation of village heads under the ancient town of Iresa-Adu in flagrant disobedience to the subsisting court order granted by an Oyo State High Court sitting in Igbon town of Surulere Local Government.
“We urgently request you put to an end to this fraud being perpetuated not only on the entire sons and daughters of Iresa-adu but also on the Oyo State government.Set up panel of inquiry that will examine the ways, means and manner Prince Adeyeye Oyerinde got a letter of approval when he was in fact not nominated by any ruling house in spite of several letters protesting such nomination.”
While asking Gov Makinde to immediately stop Prince Adeyeye Oyerinde from parading himself as the Aresa-Adu of Iresa-adu pending the investigations and court’s proceeding, they stressed, “let Prince Adeyeye Oyerinde knows that he will be responsible for any breach of peace and the attendance destruction in the town of Iresa-adu and environs if he continues to parade himself as the Aresa-adu of Iresa-Adu.”
In a chat with journalists in Ibadan after delivering the petition to the governor, one of the king makers, the Balogun of Iresa-Adu, Chief Ogunmola Olaleye Adebayo said while every member of the two ruling houses abide by the injunction and awaiting the decision of the court, Prince Oyerinde has been busy parading himself as the new Aresa-Adu of Iresa-Adu.
