Awujale Stool: Fusegbunwa Ruling House Protests Alleged Imposition Process (VIDEO)
Emmanuel Femi Adedayo 
Members of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House in Ijebu-Ode on Friday took to the streets of the metropolis to express their displeasure over an alleged plan to impose a candidate on the family in the ongoing selection process for the next Awujale of Ijebuland
Fusengbuwa, one of the four ruling houses of Ijebu Ode is the next to fill the vacant stool of Awujale.
The stool became vacant last year July after the demise of 91-year old Oba Sikiru Adetona who reigned for 65 years.
The protesters were armed with placards bearing different inscriptions such as
“Fusengbuwa say no to imposition”.
“Let Ifa oracle determine the next Awujale”, “Let the kingmakers do their job, we say no to imposition” among others.
The family members who took off from Odo Egbo round about walked through the Awujale palace/Itale road to the the secretariat of Ijebu Ode Local Government, Itooro where they were received by the LG chairman, Dare Alebiosu.
Speaking on behalf of the the ruling house, Mrs Adejugba Obileye said that the family embarked on the protest to demand for the opening of the palace and to also urged government to stay clear of any imposition plot.
Mrs Obileye said that the family which is the next to fill the vacant Awujale’s stool and the kingmakers are already doing what is expected of them traditionally and in line with the extant laws to pick the best Awujale of Ijebu land.
She explained that the stool of Awujale is sacred and is not to be sacrificed on the altar of politics or any pecuniary gains.
Obileye who is also the Aremobinrin Jadiara said that “We are at the Ijebu Ode Local Government secretariat to register our displeasure over the closure of the palace and the alleged plan to impose on us the next Awujale of Ijebu land.
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