{"id":72436,"date":"2020-03-23T16:43:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T15:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=72436"},"modified":"2020-03-23T16:43:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T15:43:40","slug":"the-politics-of-dethronement-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/the-politics-of-dethronement-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"The Politics of Dethronement in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The recent query issued by Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to some prominent
\ntraditional rulers in Ekiti state over an alleged insubordination, less
\nthan 48 hours after the emir of Kano, Mallam, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was
\ndethroned by the Kano State Government shows clearly the level at which
\nthe politics of bitterness has eaten deep the fabric of culture, values,
\nand raises questions on the role of traditional institutions in Nigerian
\ndemocracy.<\/p>\n

Governor Fayemi had through the Bureau on Chieftaincy Affairs on March
\n11, 2020, issued query to 11 prominent rulers, members of the 16
\nPelupelu Obas\u2019 commonly known as Alade Merindinlogun with a 72 hours
\nultimatum to provide reasons for absconding monthly statutory meeting of
\nthe State Council of Traditional Rulers and State official functions
\nsince August 2019.<\/p>\n

Prior to the query, the prominent rulers had filed a suit before an Ado
\nEkiti High Court seeking the nullification of the appointment of the
\nAlawe of Ilawe Ekiti, Oba Ajibade Alabi, as the chairman of the
\ntraditional council, alleging that the appointment of someone, outside
\nthe 16 obas as the chairman of the traditional council is \u201ca violation
\nof the Ekiti State Chieftaincy Law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Probably, this appointment was the reason the Obas have decided to
\ncontinue to boycott state functions and\u00a0 meetings where Oba Alabi will
\npreside or represented as the Chairman since August 2019 which finally
\nculminated to the query in March 2020.<\/p>\n

Disturbed by this face-off and the likely effect on Ekiti State and
\nentire country, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi wrote a letter to
\nthe Governor, highlighting the importance of the Pelupelu Obas in Ekiti
\nand why the Choice of the State Traditional Could Chairman should not be
\nall-comers affairs while at the same time urging the governor to
\nexercise refrain because of the sacredness of the position of monarchs
\nin Yoruba Land.<\/p>\n

Infact, the displeasure of Alafin with the query issued by Governor
\nFayemi to the eleven (11) crowned traditional rulers\u00a0 for not bowing
\ntheir heads to their subordinate by absconding from the council meeting
\nunder their subordinate was clearly detailed in the letter without
\nmincing words.<\/p>\n

In order to dose this tension, the Oni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Oba
\nEnitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, and Professor Bolaji Akintoye, a renowned
\nhistorian paid a visit to the Governor in Ekiti, held a closed door
\nmeeting with him, and later held a general meeting with the aggrieved
\nObas and the Alawe of Ilawe Ekiti, Oba Alabi, where they assured the
\npublic that the storm would soon be over. Though, the details of the
\nmeeting with the governor was not disclosed.<\/p>\n

However, based on the function of the historian in the society, it is
\nobvious that the meeting held behind the closed door cannot be
\nunconnected with the insensitivity of the Governor to the hierarchy of
\nthe monarch in appointing the chairman of the State traditional council.<\/p>\n

In spite of these calls and efforts, the situation seems to remain the
\nsame as the Alawe of Ilawe, Oba Alabi continues to preside over the
\nState traditional council’s affairs.<\/p>\n

Though, the Governor had since the second day of the letter sent to him
\nby the Alafin of Oyo on 14th March,\u00a0 visited the Alafin at his Palace,
\nprostrated for him and held a closed door meeting with him just as an
\naverage politicians will do even when his choice of action is clearly
\ndifferent from the position of the monarch.<\/p>\n

As a matter of fact, the thought to give the chairmanship of a State
\nTraditional Council to a junior Oba which ought not to “smell the
\nposition” based on the tradition and long term practice can not be an
\nerror. It is an action well thought, planned and implemented which could
\neither be a compensation on the side of the receiver(s) for a job well
\ndone or an attempt to give the rightful owner\u00a0 trauma due to something
\ndone or not done but ought to have done.<\/p>\n

In Nigeria, it is a common knowledge\u00a0 that during the election the
\npoliticians move from palace to palace shopping for votes. In some cases
\nthey give money and gifts to the obas to help them influence people in
\ntheir domain to cast votes for them just like it played out few months
\nto the Governorship Election in Kogi when Governor Yahaya Bello gave
\nAttah Igala a white Rolls Royce Phantom worth hundreds of millions Naira
\nin 2019 as a gift.<\/p>\n

The same thing might be the reason behind the appointment of the Alawe
\nof Ilawe as the Chairman of the Ekiti State Traditional Council and the
\nrefusal of the governor to do the needful despites the calls from royal
\nfathers telling him to observe the hierarchy of the monarchs in his
\nappointment.<\/p>\n

Though, man by nature is a political animal and most times love to
\nfavour those that favoured them in time of trouble, but at the same time
\nthe politicians should try and trend with care so that they will not use
\ntheir four years in office to spoiled the customs and traditions laid
\ndown thousands years ago.<\/p>\n

Femi Oluwasanmi, a Public Affairs Analyst,
\nIbafo,
\nOgun State<\/p>\n

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