Alaafin, Soun stools: Govt not Ifa installs monarchs, says Oluwo

Oba Abdurosheed Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwoland, on Sunday, claimed that the state government has the liberty to install traditional rulers, saying the days of the traditional oracle are long gone.

The monarch, in a statement issued, questioned why the Ifa is yet to select successors to the vacant stools of Alaafin of Oyo and Soun of Ogbomoso, saying princes with genuine intentions will have to patronise the state government, not Ifa.

The Oluwo added that only princes who have refused to face reality still run after Ifa in a bid to ascend a throne.

The statement reads: “God installs monarchs, not Ifa. When a vacant stool is to be filled, contestants will patronise the government, not Ifa. Those who patronise Ifa will have to wait endlessly. Why has Ifa not picked the new Alaafin of Oyo and Soun of Ogbomoso? Or did Ifa travel so we can seek his return to give those towns new kings?

“Only Princes who are far from reality or watching too many Nollywood movies will rely on Ifa to announce him as a monarch. God will speak through the government. We are not far from reality referring to the government as the Ifa.”