SUNDAY IGBOHO WARNS AGAINST MOVE TO REMOVE OLUBADAN
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Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has warned that Oyo State could face unrest if any attempt is made to remove the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, from the throne.
Igboho gave the warning in a video shared by local media platform Oyo Affairs on Friday, amid renewed public discussion surrounding earlier allegations of a plot to dethrone the monarch.
The agitator warned that any governor who attempted to remove Ladoja would face resistance, insisting that the monarch’s position should not be threatened.
“They will declare a state of emergency. If any governor tries it, it is from Soka here that this state would be shaking,” he said.
Questioning why anyone would contemplate removing the Olubadan, Igboho said the monarch, as an indigene of Oyo State, deserved respect.
“Why will you remove Olubadan? All of us are from Oyo State,” he added.
Igboho also reacted to claims that there were plans to waylay or ambush the monarch, saying such allegations should remain mere rumours and never become reality.
“When someone told me that they said they were going to waylay Olubadan, I said no one dare try such. It should remain a gossip. You cannot go and ambush him. Even when he is not yet Olubadan, you dare not, not to talk of now that he is on that seat,” he said.
He further warned that anyone who attempted to intimidate or attack the monarch would face consequences.
“One million of you dare not try it. If you attempt it, you will run away from the government house. How will you say you want to ambush Olubadan at his home? It should remain a gossip,” he added.
The agitator said he had personally reassured Ladoja that he had nothing to fear, expressing confidence that no one would dare attack the monarch in his residence.
“I have told Olubadan, ‘Baba, sleep and snore. There is no one that can come and meet you in your house. We are all indigenes of Oyo State. May Olubadan live long,” he said.
The latest remarks come months after former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose alleged in April that Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde was planning to remove Ladoja from the throne.
Fayose had claimed that the state government could issue the monarch a query over his reported absence from a planned coronation of high chiefs in Ibadanland.
The Oyo State Government denied the allegation, with the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, stating that the administration had neither contemplated nor discussed removing the monarch.
Ladoja’s media aide, Adeola Oloko, also dismissed suggestions of a rift between the governor and the Olubadan.
The controversy later widened amid separate allegations linking the monarch to political discussions surrounding the state’s governorship succession, although Ladoja denied involvement in any plot to impeach Governor Makinde.
On April 17, the Balogun of Ibadanland, Oba Tajudeen Ajibola, said Ibadan elders had intervened in the reported disagreement and urged the Olubadan to remain above partisan politics while serving as a father figure to politicians across party lines.
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