The action of the former PDP chieftain followed a pronouncement made by Oba Adewale in his palace on Sunday, April 30, announcing the revocation of chieftaincy title of Basorun Musulumi of Iwo Land, a membership of Board of Trustees of Iwo Central Mosque, and other traditional titles accorded Ogundokun in the land, due to what he termed “unruly behaviours of Chief Ogundokun, which portrays Iwo negatively”
Meanwhile, Chief Ogundokun in his reaction to the pronouncement described Oluwo as traditional deviant, instead of a harbinger of tradition and cultural norms, saying the king has totally lost touch with reality and Yoruba etiquettes.
Ogundokun explained that the remote cause of his disagreement with Oluwo was his forbidden habits that portend serious danger to Iwo land and its people, coupled with the inflammatory comments, and false claim of superiority over Ooni of Ife and Alaafin of Oyo and also claimed to be God.
“Oluwo drinks too much”—Ogundokun
"Despite my robust financial and moral support for Oluwo since inception of his emergence, Oluwo turned against me when I started complaining of his drinking habit, in which he drinks to stupor in most cases, coupled with his abominable act of (alleged) sodomy and commercialisation of Iwo chieftaincy titles, with intent to defraud”.
“I have convincing evidence of how he made attempt to defy a young man by the name Rondorondo, who he blackmailed when the fellow refused to join him in his dirty act, aside millions of naira he collected from people with a promise to give them chieftaincy titles”.
"Of course, the immediate cause of his bad blood against me was what happened at a wedding in Iwo on Saturday (April 29) where he disgraced Iwo land in the presence of many prominent Nigerians and revered Islamic clerics”.
"Oluwo, in the presence of President -general of leagues of Imams and Alfas, Alhaji Jamiu Kewulere, and Imams from Ekiti, Oyo, Osun, and Ondo, to the extent that he wrestled microphone from them when they cautioned him against inflammatory comment he was making at the event. The Oyo State D.S.S Director was equally there and witnessed the shameless behaviour of Oba Rasheed Akanbi Adewale”.
"I am not surprise he lied thereafter that I marched him where he was sitting, Oluwo has been a blatant liar, and unstable character, that was exactly how he deceived Iwo people that he practised Islam, meanwhile he is a certified pagan,"
The front line politician added that the pronouncement of Oba Adewale was laughable, arguing that it is only the Imam of Iwo that has the requisite power to strip him of his Title as Basorun Musulumi for over Eighteen years, while his title of Otun Balogun conferred on him about Forty years ago for his good works and development of Iwo land remains sacrosanct through a letter of conferment.
According to him, “I remain myself, High Chief Abiola Ogundokun, the Basorun Musulumi of Iwo land, the Otun Balogun of Iwo land, the Aare-ago of Iwo-oke, the Seriki of Iba, the Apesin of Erin-osun, and the AJagun pote of the source, Jagun of Ajagunla-ase among many others”.
The January 8th, 2017 letter confirming High Chief Abiola Ogundokun as OBANLA of Iwo Kingdom
"Oluwo should go and face the moral burden of the criminal act levelled against him by Oluwo-oke, which he vigorously begged me to intervene and beg Oluwo-oke to withdraw, even with the help of former President Olusegun Obasanjo at my instance”.
Chief Ogundokun profiled Oba Abdulrasheed Adwale Akanbi, "He has a rough and undignified pedigree, with thuggery running in his family's blood, his father, Kola Akanbi was the one who (allegedly) led thugs to kill and maim opposition members in Iwo, during the second republic in 1983 operation “WET E”, and you can see that trait in him”.
“It should be noted that below letter appointing me as Obanla of Iwo Land, written and signed by Oluwo speaks volume of his deceptive and dishonest way of life, and a contradiction of sort”
Chief Ogundokun stressed.
ONE YEAR OF ABDULRASHEED ADEWALE AKANBI OPPRESSIVE RULE IN IWO LAND: BRIEF INFORMATION
A background detailed information on the (alleged) misrule and unwholesome conduct of the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed AdewaleAkanbi.
Oba Akanbi with his two friends, Aragberi and Olufon inside High Chief Abiola Ogundokun's house
I am specifically and comprehensively presenting the gross misdeeds and criminal conduct of Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, that constitute dangerous threat to peaceful coexistence in Osun, and Nigeria at large.
To put the record straight, many prominent Iwo indigenes, including my humble self, went out of our ways to support both pre-coronation and post-coronation activities of Oluwo, as a fallout of our unalloyed love for our ancestral home, which made the process a huge success and a glorious outing for Iwo indigenes at home and in diaspora.
However, the attendant rude and un-courteous behavior of Oba Akanbi and his style of rulership, invariably corroborated earlier information about his antecedents and pedigree that make him unfit and unworthy of the exalted throne, which many Iwo indigenes discarded as antics of defamation by his opponents in the first place.
1. Oba Akanbi made Palace Chiefs take oath on burial ground!
Embattled Oba Akanbi with embattled Ex-Jigawa Governor Sule Lamido at an outing at the instance of chief Abiola Ogundokun
What initially shocked me, and many others in Iwo land was the revelation from a close ally of Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, that contrary to what the monarch made us to believe that he is a practicing Muslim, Oluwo is an unrepentant pagan, with series of ritual practices in the palace, to the extent of taking palace staff to the tomb of late kings within the palace to take oath of allegiance.
2. Oba Akanbi is rude to Islamic authorities
What even made the revelation dicier and catastrophic was the way Oluwo defied Islamic doctrine and broke the rule by hijacking Eid-prayer at praying ground. It has now become a serious discussion among many Islamic clerics in Iwo, on how a pagan, pretending to be a Muslim could lead prayer of that importance. More so, the Chief Imam of the town traditionally saddled with the responsibility and conferred with the right and authority to lead Eid-prayer, so, Oluwo's strange behavior is a total departure from Islamic doctrine and protocol, even if he is a practicing Muslim.
3. Oba Akanbi courts Esu deity…
Oba Akanbi with Olowo Eko, Oba Rilwan Akiolu at an outing by Chief Abiola Ogundokun
It will also astonish you to learn how Oluwo gave money to traditionalists for atonement of a deity (Esu), aside his sponsorship of propaganda and malicious campaign against those who refused to connive with him in his bid to remove me as Otun Balogun and member of Board of Trustees of Iwo Central Mosque, the position I have occupied over 18 years ago. This issue has abysmally polarized the Muslim Community in the town, to the level where a case was instituted in the law court, which we won convincingly.
4. Oba Akanbi ‘employs’ Nigeria’s minister of Communications…
The monarch thereafter formed an alliance with those who instituted the failed legal battle against us, in which the incumbent Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu is their legal counsel, to upturn the legal triumph through the back door.
5. Oba Akanbi rubbished top Muslim cleric for not sacking Ogundokun…
Oba Akanbi with Representative of Emir of Sokoto at one of the chief Ogundokun's sponsored outings
After Shittu’s visit, Oluwo invited various Islamic clerics in Iwo Land, Including Alhaji Imran Adio, through his official letter head to his palace on Sunday, February 26, 2017 where he spoke and made destructive and damaging statements against Alhaji Adio, who is a leading official member of the Board of Trustees of the mosque.
6. Oba Akanbi takes to hooliganism at Iwo Central Mosque…
As if that was not enough, Oluwo, under the pretext of worshipping at the Central Mosque for Friday Jumat Service, and at the end of the service, he took over the microphone, and started to reign curses on Adio.
7. Oba Akanbi wants Ogundokun out as Basorun Musulumi at all cost…
It should be recalled that Oluwo, before the incident approached and ordered Imran Adio to remove me as a member of the board of Trustees of the Central Mosque, as well as Basorun Musulumi of Iwo Land, conferred on me 18 years ago, which Adio advised against, citing the inherent violence that could follow among Islamic Faithful in the town. Oluwo, however ordered Alhaji Adio to pass his instruction to the Chief Imam, who later met Oluwo in person in company of other officials of the Central Mosque, on this desperate move to remove me, as all of them cautioned him on the embedded danger and chaotic consequence, and offered to make peace between us.
8. Evil elements tried to implicate Alhaji Adio with human head…
Instead of heeding the advice for peaceful resolution, Oluwo in a further steps to get rid of Alhaji Adio, continued a campaign of calumny against him. It is interesting to note that just few days after, attempt was made to drop a human head in Adio’s family house, who incidentally slept in the family house instead of his new house, but unfortunately for the criminals, Adio woke up and on sighting him, they took to their heels.
9. Oba Akanbi turns ex-Osun pilgrim board chief to a bag of ‘talk-down’…
You will recall that Alhaji Adio was a former member of the Board of Trustees of Muslim Pilgrim Board in Osun, and a respected Islamic cleric in Iwo, Osun, and beyond. Regrettably, this respected religious leader has become a subject of verbal attacks from Oluwo on many occasions, and a threat to those who are aspiring to take over the Central Mosque.
10. Oba Akanbi threatens to beat up Chief Abiola Ogundokun in front of Gov. Aregbesola…
Oluwo has not hid his gangsterist and hooliganist tendencies and lack of cultural value and etiquettes. You will remember sir, how Oluwo threatened to descend on me in your presence, and even still making frantic efforts not only to attack me this time around but to assassinate me with the help of his brother, Dauda, who is the head of violent Tawun-sect in Iwo.
11. Oba Akanbi uses Islamic sect to cause trouble on Fridays…
The Tawun Islamic sect have the history of violence and fanaticism in Iwo Land, Osun State, and Nigeria at large. It is on record that in year 2015, the sect violently removed a deity [Ogun] from the palace, and dumped it at Aiba River near Bowen University. Strangely, the sect on the same day were held responsible and alleged to have killed one Abdulraman Fatai, the son of a prominent Iwo indigene, known as Uncle Pele. The sect is notorious for creating chaos in the town and impeding peaceful movement of the residents, especially on Fridays.
12. Oba Akanbi lacks temperament of a royal father…
It is obvious that the character of Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, who is a family member of the leader of the violent sect, is a contradiction to the requisite personality, habit, and temperament that are expected of a royal father.
13. Oba Akanbi, a homo-sexual?
A particular Iwo palace staff, a man, confessed to me, and even willing to testify against him anytime on how Oluwo made several attempts to have sexual intercourse with him, an abominable act of high magnitude, aside his alleged involvement in Internet Fraud, and Advanced Fee Fraud, including heavy drinking, in which I am living witness of his drinking habit.
14. Oba Akanbi as an internet fraud expert?
This allegation of involvement of a royal father, who sits on the revered stool of Iwo land in Internet fraud became a major headache for prominent Iwo indigenes home and abroad, including myself, it automatically became a subject of discussion in the town, and all over Nigeria, going by the strategic status of the ancient town of Iwo, in the primordial structure of Yoruba land. I personally became embittered by this huge embarrassment of our revered stool, I wondered what could have made a promising young man of that pedigree to have involved in such an heinous act, even on the throne as a king. This prompted me to start helping him financially; I have statements of account as evidence of transfer of money to his account, and cash payment, to the extent of doling out $2000 to his wife at her delivery, when he (Oluwo) complained of financial predicament.
15. Oba Akanbi brings social ridicule to Iwo land…
The external odium Oluwo has caused our respected town globally is of no measure, to the level of making the name of the town a subject of ridicule on different social media platforms and online media. The criticism of the monarch by millions of people on the internet remains unprecedented ever in any part of the world, a biggest embarrassment for the glorious land of Iwo and its respected indigenes globally.
16. Oba Akanbi bashed globally for wearing tattoo & ear ring…
To start with, people around the world, especially people of African descent and origin lampooned him for putting on hearings and lacing his body with tattoo.
17. Oba Akanbi wear Oyinbo’s suit on the throne…
Also, over 3 million people criticized Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi on internet for wearing a suit on the throne, claiming that he was making mockery of the exalted stool of Iwo, and the royal institution in Yoruba land. According to the critics, Oluwo, being a custodian of tradition and culture was not upholding the culture and norm of his people, the entire Yoruba race, and Black Africa in general by sitting on the throne in clothes other than his royal robes.
18. Oba Akanbi crowned Jamaican wife with Royal Crown…
Again, the internet was awashed with criticism of Oluwo when the video and pictures of his Jamaican wife surfaced with crown on her head, over 10 million people across the world condemned the act as total abomination and unbecoming of a royal father in Africa. Many of the internet users who criticized the act also opined that by that singular act, the king has obviously desecrated the stool, and defied royal tradition and culture, and the pride of the Yoruba race, calling for his quick dethronement to save the royal dignity.
19. Oba Akanbi fan embers of disunity among Yoruba monarchs…
Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi aside his embarrassing posture and attitudes that are unbecoming of a royal father anywhere in the world by several comic dances on tapes and YouTube is also dangerously taking Yoruba land to the era of internal imbroglio of 19th century, by his inflammatory comments and delicate manner in which he distorts history and by implication fanning embers of discord among different ancient towns of Yoruba land.
The Punch Newspaper of August 1, 2016 with the headline: "Iwo indigenes can become Ooni, says Oluwo" had reported how Oluwo after visiting his acclaimed ancestral lineage in Ile-ife, an agreed cradle of Yoruba race, went ahead rather garrulously and pronounced that Iwo indigenes have right to become Ooni of Ife, the statement that caused internal wrangling among the two towns but for the maturity of Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and his swift intervention. As if that is not enough, Oluwo granted interview to Punch Correspondent on January 1, 2017, where he exploded and said Olubadan was formerly appointed from Iwo, claiming superiority over the stool of Olubadan and by this elicited wide condemnation and bashing from many prominent Ibadan indigenes, who utterly called for his head.
20. Oba Akanbi disowns Nigeria’s legal system…
Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi has further displayed paucity of knowledge and understanding of the law of the land and Nigerian legal system, in fact, his outbursts against the judiciary curiously left many questions unanswered on the soundness of his mind, and his capacity to sustain his role as the custodian of decent tradition and culture of Yoruba race as one of the first class royal fathers in the region.
You will recall that the Oluwo Oke, Oba Kadiri Adeoye initiated an action against Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi in the law court, and as what is already in the public domain, accused him of internet fraud and array of criminal acts in Canada, arguing that such a character is not fit to sit on any throne in Yoruba land, and Iwo in particular. The court therefore in its wisdom called on Oba Akanbi, in line with the stipulation of the law of the land, which makes fair hearing a mandatory ethos, and practice.
To the chagrin of many right thinking individuals, Oba Akanbi called the bluff of the law court and refused to show up, the action that infuriated the Magistrate, and compelled him to issue a warrant of arrest against him, another terrible and disgraceful experience of Iwo indigenes in the hands of their supposedly royal father. Oluwo in his usual and unrepentant character strangely ignored the court process and the instrument of Nigerian extant law.
21. Oba Akanbi draws bad publicity to Iwo…
A popular online medium, Pulse.ng on December 26, 2016 quoted Oluwo saying that he is “bigger than any court in Nigeria” In the same vein, a leading Television Station in Nigeria, Channels TV, in its report of December 23, 2016 came up with a damming headline: "Oba claims supremacy over court order, threatened to arrest magistrate". Also, an exclusive report of a leading online Newspaper in Nigeria, Premium Times on the same day as above reported the obscene statement of Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi in this form: “Iwo monarch fights back, threatens magistrate with traditional Warrant of Arrest".
22. Oba Akanbi incurs wrath of law officers in Osun State…
Expectedly, in January 5, 2017, both electronics and print media, including virtually all the online media in Nigeria reported the resolve of Magistrates in Osun to embark on strike over Oluwo comment, and the refusal of the Commissioner of police to effect his arrest.
To put the record straight, this development remained bizarre in any sane community of the world; it was indeed a darkest period for Iwo and its indigenes to say the least. Coming home, and strictly speaking, the royal lineages of Iwo land have become fragmented and disarrayed by the strange and undefined attitudes of Oluwo, the development that seriously threatens the age-long cohesion in the domain of traditional power and authority.
23. Oba Akanbi incurs wrath of Ruling families in Iwo…
On March 21, 2017, all the ruling families in Iwo land wrote a protest letter to Oba Akanbi, alerting him of his digression from the steps and norms of their forebears, and cautioned him to thread softly. In the said letter, they questioned the rationale behind the introduction of Sooko Chieftancy title in Iwo land, which has never been mentioned in the sequence of chieftaincy nomenclature of Iwo land.
24. Oba Akanbi commercializes chieftaincy titles in Iwo…
It has been established that the monarch has completely commercialize chieftaincy titles in the land, and continues to defraud unsuspected indigenes of the land in the name of chieftaincy titles.
25. Oba Akanbi duped lawyer?
Oba Abudrasheed Akanbi extorts money from many individuals that jostle for chieftaincy titles with impunity, of a particular note is one of the members of the legal team that defended his criminal case, Barister Bashiru Adewale Quadri, who Oluwo invited to come and take the chieftaincy title of ‘’Aipate Oluwo-Ode’’, after collecting over a million naira from him, but eventually gave the title to another person, accusing Quadri of being rude to him, the issue as at today has continued to generate bad blood within the ruling houses of Iwo.
26. Oba Akanbi humiliates duped lawyer…
Despite this, I still encouraged this gentle man to attend the installation of his opponent at the palace of Oluwo, but to my utmost surprise, Oluwo went ahead to embarrass him in public, inviting him to the centre of the crowd and maligned him.
27. Oba Akanbi shun Ruling Houses…
In the same vein, the ruling houses also protested against Oluwo misrule and disdain for royal families through a letter dated March 26, 2017 and titled: “Misuse of Office and Lack of Respect for Princes, Royal Families, and Ruling Houses; A call for Immediate Change”. All the ruling houses in the above mentioned letter complained and condemned the uncultured and undignified disposition of Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi towards the royal sons and daughters in Iwo, where they bitterly frowned at the way the monarch has made rubbish of their tradition and custom by crowning his wife. According to them "Crowning your wife is against the custom of Yoruba nation anywhere, and no one has ever done that in our history. Your wife, Olori is always regarded as ours and we have no grudge against her, but it needs be said that we want her to always appear in befitting headgears and not crown”.
28. Oba Akanbi arrests Royal Princes over wife’s crown…
Instead of listening to words of wisdom from his family and royal descendants of Iwo, Oluwo went ahead to humiliate the royal men and women with arrest by police and DSS, which led to their interrogation by the security agencies.
29. Oba Akanbi ignores Chief Obasanjo over fight with Oluwo Oke…
You will agree with me that several efforts have been made by prominent Nigerians, including Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, to settle the rift between him and Oluwo-oke, in which Oluwo remained recalcitrant and unbending, and as a matter of fact, after oluwo oke admission to peaceful settlement, which resulted to withdrawal of case he instituted from the court, all the royal families of Iwo also made frantic efforts to be bring about a peaceful end to the feud, in which Oluwo failed to attend the peace meeting.
30. Oba Akanbi abused Oluwo on Oke on Radio…
Meanwhile, the day of the last peace meeting slated for Iwo, which he also declined to attend, rather, he abandoned the meeting and went to Radio Station in Ibadan where he continued to malign and rubbish the personality of Oluwo Oke, while the people were still waiting for him at the venue in Iwo to no avail. And eventually when he returned to the palace and emissary was sent to him to inform him of the long waiting, he simply complained of being tired and shun the gathering, his usual modus operandi whenever he has rift to settle with any individual, in which he always make peaceful resolution practically impossible.
31. Oba Akanbi threatened Olufon in Public…
Some traditional rulers, including His Royal Majesty, Olufon and Aragberi of Iragberi, who have been his good friend made frantic efforts to make peaceful resolution of our disagreement in which he became angry at their persistent pressure, to the extent that he met Olufon at a recent event hosted by Prof. Olorode in UNILAG, witnessed a shame serene and disrespectful and shameless behaviors of Oluwo, who verbally attacked Olufon of Ifon-Osun, and threatened to deal with him.
32. Oba Akanbi in show of shame before Ooni of Ife…
Meanwhile, Olufon in his usual gentle manner disregarded the public shame, and doused the tension. This is exactly how Oluwo, at the palace of Ooni of Ife, and in the presence of several Obas attempted to wrestle Oluwo of Iwo Oke, which generated very serious violence, and his usual way of propagating propaganda, he came back to Iwo with false version of the incident at Ile-Ife. The incitement of the people by Oluwo eventually led to the destruction of Oluwo Oke’s properties at Odo-ori, Iwo, ending into criminal charges against Oluwo, though, the case was brought to an end through the spirited and laudable efforts of concerned elders from Iwo, the state, and the intervention of former President Olusegun Obasanjo at my instance, as the greatest supporter and financier of Oluwo.
33. Oba Akanbi leaves palace to welcome a Hip-Hop artiste, Badoo…
And the most disgraceful and shameless display of Oluwo in the recent time was when he left his royal abode and massacred his dignity by going to wait for an Hip-hop Artiste, Olamide at Odo-Oba, an outskirt of Iwo, as if he was awaiting the arrival of a President, and to add more odium to that, Oluwo stood on top of the vehicle with the Artiste, shouting Badoo! Badoo! Badoo!
34. Oba Akanbi denigrates Islamic Regalia…
Aside this, I have a video evidence of Oluwo putting on a revered Islamic regalia,[Alikinba] which is a symbol of honor and dignity in Islam for a royal figure, and using it to dance to a secular song as if he was under the influence of drug right inside the palace and outside.
35. Oba Akanbi in reckless driving scandal…
And just last month, Oluwo, out of recklessness and care-free attitudes that are unbecoming of a royal father involved in a ghastly auto crash around Ede with a petrol tanker, when his Pilot vehicle was trying to overtake the petrol tanker abruptly. The driver later alleged Oluwo for reneging his promise to compensate him of his loss.
36. Oba Akanbi bites finger that fed him…
On a final note, what really infuriated me and prompted me to write this petition, was the unyielding an rigid disposition of Oluwo towards advices and admonition, especially from me, who have contributed to the development and sustainability of his rulership, to the extent of donating a building for Iwo East Local Council Development Area, located at Olomo -wewe, Oke-Odo, Iwo, and named after him.
One can go on and on to dish out more of less royal and uncultured attitudes of Oluwo. This is indeed a factional part of many atrocities perpetrated by him, which make him absolutely unfit and not worthy of that exalted position, in which his continuity as a monarch of that town remains a time bomb for the ancient town of Iwo and State of Osun in general.
To say that Oluwo has lost every royal respect and dignity in parts of Iwo land, State of Osun, and Nigeria at large is an understatement, he has become a serious danger to the continuity and survival of Iwo town and its environs, hence the urgent need to act fast and save the ugly trend before degenerating beyond control and constitutes a threat to sustaining peace in the state.
SOURCE: Asabeafrika
