Olubadan Angry With President Jonathan Over Exclusion From Visit

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odulana has expressed disappointment over Jonathan's refusal to visit his palace after paying a courtesy call on the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi.

Last week during Jonathan's visit to the Alafin, Odulana was also waiting to receive the president in his palace not knowing he had already gone to Oyo town.

The Olubadan, through a statement said the visit was selective.


The statement said; "While I waited alongside other members of the council for the arrival of the President, he breached the protocol of visiting him as the Chairman of Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs, instead he visited the Oyo state governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, who went with him to visit the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III".

He said that the development shows that governor Ajimobi recognised the Alaafin of Oyo as the permanent Chairman of the State Council of Obas and Chiefs, contrary to the existing Chieftaincy Law as amended in 2011 in Cap 37 Laws of Oyo State, 2000, which makes the Chairmanship title rotational between the Alaafin, the Olubadan and Soun of Ogbomoso every two years.