Osun ruling houses protest appointment of non-indigene as Oniran of Ilu-Iran

Members of Awanibaku, Olaitan, and Orunmo ruling houses have frowned at the appointment of Mr Kunle Omolola as the new Oniran of Ilu-Iran in Ayedire South Local Council Development Area, Olupona, Osun State.

The ruling houses said that Omolola was not an indigene of Ilu-Iran or a member of any of the entitled royal families.

In a letter addressed to Governor Ademola Adeleke, the ruling houses through their counsel, Apex Solicitors, the ruling houses alleged that they were deliberately sidelined by officials of Ayedire South Local Council Development Area in the appointment of the new Oniran.

The letter, titled, ‘A passionate demand for setting aside the appointment of one Hon. Kunle Omolola as Oniran of Ilu-Iran,’ signed by Mr. Ahmad Abdullateef on behalf of Apex solicitors, said the appointed Oniran is an indigene of Elefon village in Oke-Osun and has no business with the vacant stool.

The letter, dated December 02, 2024, urged the governor to set aside the appointment of Omolola in the interest of fairness, equity, and justice.

The letter read in part, “Following the demise of the immediate past Oniran of llu-Iran, Oba Sawiyu Alao Adewolu I, on the 5th day of May 2023, the stool of Oniran became vacant and there arose a need to fill same. While our clients were expecting the Government to initiate the processes of filling the stool, it suddenly got to their notice that one Hon. Kunle Omolola had been appointed as the new Oniran of Ilu-Iran.

“Upon hearing what they thought was a cooked story, our clients sent some representatives to the Ayedire South Local Government Council Development Area, Oluponna to verify the story, and same was confirmed by the Council’s officers in charge of chieftaincy.

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“Upon further inquiry, our clients were told that only two persons obtained forms, one of whom was the said Hon. Kunle Omolola.

“When challenged why there was no publicity on the availability of the forms, the officers informed our clients that a notice in that regard was only pasted on the wall of their office at the said Local Council Secretariat, consequent upon which the said two persons purchased a copy each. Our clients there and then registered their grievances on the mode and manner of giving notice about such an important matter, and particularly about the fact that the person purportedly appointed was not entitled to the stool, as he is not from the community.

“Sir, apart from the fact that our clients were deliberately sidelined, it is our clients’ bold assertion that the purportedly appointed Hon. Kunle Omolola is not an Indigene of llu-Iran, let alone a member of the Olaitan Ruling House through which he was presented to Your Excellency. He is from Elefon Village, also in Oke Osun in Ayedire Local Government Area of the State, and so, he is not a member of any of the ruling houses in llu-Iran.

“Sir, since Hon. Kunle Omolola is not an indigene of Ilu-Iran or a member of any of the entitled royal families therein, and members of the royal families were deliberately sidelined in the processes of purportedly filing the vacant stool, it is our clients’ passionate appeal to Your Excellency to set aside the said appointment of Hon. Kunle Omolola as the Oniran of Ilu-Iran, in the interest of fairness, equity and justice and in the overall peace of the town”.

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