Some elders of the Olamijege family of Idi-Oke town, Igbesa in Ado Odo, Ota Local Government, Ogun State, have urged the state government not to give staff of office to Mr. Saheed Odusanya as the traditional ruler of the town.
Speaking in Lagos yesterday, the group’s representative, Mr. Hakeem Inakoju, said Odusanya “who is parading himself as Oba” is not a native of Idi-Oke.
Inakoju claimed that Odusanya was from Ilisan Remo, so it would be irreverent for the community’s elders “to fold their arms and allow sacrilege in their land.”
He urged Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun to intervene and “save the people of Idi-Oke from imposition.”
The Olamijege family, he said, had taken the matter to the Ogun State High Court, Ota Division, through their counsel Mr. Olusegun Raji.
Inakoju added that although Odusanya’s mother, Mrs. Nimota Odusanya (Nee Akanni Falohun), is from the Olamijege family, Saheed’s father is from Remoland.
He urged the governor to direct the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs as well as the chairman of Ado Odo Ota Local Government to stop Odusanya “and his collaborators within and outside the state”, as the matter is sub judice.
Inakoju said: “The relative peace being enjoyed by the people of Idi-Oke, Igbesa, is under threat due to the imposition of Saheed Odusanya as Oba by some unscrupulous people in connivance some government officials who are not familiar with town’s history.
But, reacting to Inakoju’s claims, Odusanya told newsmen that his emergence was as a result of his elevation by the state government.
He said he was from Isalu area of the town and had been Baale of Idi-Oke for seven years before he was made Oba.
His critics, he added, are also from a female linage.
“The entire allegation against me is baseless. I have ruled the town as Baale for seven years. I was made an Oba due to my elevation in status by the state government and I went to court against them three times and I won all the cases. They are not being sincere,” Odusanya said.
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