The Ondo State Government has approved the
appointment of Prince Kole Aladetoyinbo by the
Kingmakers in Akureland as the new Deji of the
town.
Aladetoyinbo, from the Osupa Ruling House, was
appointed by the kingmakers on Sunday among
other 13 Princes that contested the stool.
In a statement by the state’s Commissioner for
Information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade, the State
Executive Council gave the endorsement on
Monday at its meeting.
According to the Commissioner, the approval
followed the unanimous decision of the
Kingmakers to elect Aladetoyinbo among other
contestants to the vacant stool at their meeting
of June 7, 2015
He stated that the Oba-elect would be presented
with the staff of office on a date yet to be
announced.
Meanwhile, the Regent of Akure, Princess
Adetutu Adesida, has accused the kingmakers of
keeping her in the dark in the process that led to
the appointment of new monarch for the town
and the plan for his installation.
Speaking at the Palace on Monday, she said the
kingmakers and other relevant government
agencies should have informed her about the
process so that she could psychologically
prepare her exit from the palace, noting that it
would be wrong for the new monarch to meet her
in the palace because of lack of information.
Adesida, who assumed the throne following the
death of her father, the late Oba Adebiyi Adesida,
in 2013, however, admitted that the Regent
played no part in the selection and installation of
the next monarch for the town, but said she was
supposed be carried along as a stakeholder in
the process.
“The process to me is vague. I was not informed
initially. What has been done so far, I am not
aware. I read that the due process has been
made.
The kingmakers are the ones that did not carry
me along. I am a major stakeholder and I should
be informed. I want due process to be followed.
Things should be done in a proper manner,”
Adesida said.
appointment of Prince Kole Aladetoyinbo by the
Kingmakers in Akureland as the new Deji of the
town.
Aladetoyinbo, from the Osupa Ruling House, was
appointed by the kingmakers on Sunday among
other 13 Princes that contested the stool.
In a statement by the state’s Commissioner for
Information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade, the State
Executive Council gave the endorsement on
Monday at its meeting.
According to the Commissioner, the approval
followed the unanimous decision of the
Kingmakers to elect Aladetoyinbo among other
contestants to the vacant stool at their meeting
of June 7, 2015
He stated that the Oba-elect would be presented
with the staff of office on a date yet to be
announced.
Meanwhile, the Regent of Akure, Princess
Adetutu Adesida, has accused the kingmakers of
keeping her in the dark in the process that led to
the appointment of new monarch for the town
and the plan for his installation.
Speaking at the Palace on Monday, she said the
kingmakers and other relevant government
agencies should have informed her about the
process so that she could psychologically
prepare her exit from the palace, noting that it
would be wrong for the new monarch to meet her
in the palace because of lack of information.
Adesida, who assumed the throne following the
death of her father, the late Oba Adebiyi Adesida,
in 2013, however, admitted that the Regent
played no part in the selection and installation of
the next monarch for the town, but said she was
supposed be carried along as a stakeholder in
the process.
“The process to me is vague. I was not informed
initially. What has been done so far, I am not
aware. I read that the due process has been
made.
The kingmakers are the ones that did not carry
me along. I am a major stakeholder and I should
be informed. I want due process to be followed.
Things should be done in a proper manner,”
Adesida said.