The Palace of the Alaafin of Oyo has refuted claims by Governor Seyi Makinde that he consulted the monarch on the rotational chairmanship of the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs. In a statement issued Thursday in Ibadan by the Director of Media and Publicity to the Alaafin, Bode Durojaye, the palace said Oba Akeem Owoade never met the governor or discussed the matter.
Governor Makinde had announced the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, as chairman of the council, saying, “I consulted the Alaafin of Oyo; the Olubadan of Ibadanland and the Soun of Ogbomoso.” However, the palace stated, “There was no time that His Imperial Majesty… held any meeting” on the issue, adding that the Alaafin’s position was formally communicated through a memo to the governor.