Some indigenes of Oyo town, on Tuesday, stormed the Oyo High Court in Awe, Afijio Local Government Area of the State, to protest the delay in the selection of new Alaafin of Oyo. The aggrieved protesters were armed with placards carrying different inscriptions, which include “Oyo Mesi follow tradition, not money; Alaafin stool is not for sale; On Alaafin: Let dignity reign; Alaafin: Due process, Ife consultation are sacrosanct and a host of others.”
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The Oyomesi, body of kingmakers in Oyo, have said that there was no time Governor Seyi Makinde rejected their choice of Prince Lukuman Adelodun Gbadegesin as Alaafin-elect, insisting the selection process had followed due process and was upheld by the court. They said the two chiefs, who claimed in a statement on Monday that the…