No Justification For This Shameful Act – APC Slams Makinde Over Oba Coronation

The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Governor Seyi Makinde of mocking the Yoruba traditional institution.

The party made the accusation while reacting to the elevation of three high chiefs to the position of Oba in Ibadanland.

Naija News reports that the State government had on Friday coronated three High Chiefs as Obas.

Those who were coronated are High Chief Akeem Adewoyh, Chief Kola Babalola, and High Chief Sharafadeen Alli.

Alli, who represents Oyo South Senatorial District, is one of the gubernatorial aspirants on the platform of the APC.

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, the three individuals and some notable indigenes of Ibadanland were absent at the event.

Reacting to the development, the APC, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Wasiu Sadare, said Makinde has written a bad page for himself in the history of the state.

Describing the governor as an accidental public servant, the party insisted that there was no justification for his actions.

Sadare said, “Gov. Makinde made a mockery of the Yoruba traditional institution today when he installed photographs and empty chairs as Obas.

“He can never have any justification for this shameful act, but we are not surprised because we have known him to be an accidental public servant.”