The Igbimo Apapo Yoruba Lagbaye, that is, the Yoruba Council Worldwide, has said it would no longer recognise former President Olusegun Obasanjo by all his chieftaincy titles in Yoruba Land over his brazen refusal to purge himself from alleged disparaging comments to the Yoruba Obas.
A pan-Yoruba organisation, Yoruba Council Worldwide (YCW) is set to sue former President Olusegun Obasanjo for publicly disrespecting Yoruba monarchs at a function in Iseyin, Oyo State last Friday. The group in a letter of pre-action notice written to former President Obasanjo through the Palace of Olowu of Owu Kingdom in Ogun State, Oba Saka Matemilola, titled "Pre-action Notice Final Warning/Demand For Apology" and dated September 18, 2023, by Juriman Associates Chambers, urged Obasanjo to henceforth stop further parading of himself as the Balogun of Owu Kingdom.
The apex leadership of all Yoruba indigenous groups, the Yoruba Council Worldwide (Igbimo Apapo Yoruba Lagbaye) has said the bad records of Olusegun Obasanjo as a former president would make his remark on Saturday’s presidential election as a mere beer parlour argument. This was contained in a statement released by the group president, Aare Oba Oladotun Hassan, Esq on Tuesday, while warning Obasanjo against imposing his preferred candidate, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, on Nigerians.
Torrents of tributes, yesterday, poured unendingly for the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, following his passing on at the age of 83. Oba Adeyemi, who reigned as king