The Lafogido ruling house of Ile-Ife has explained why it is seeking legal redress against the decision of the Osun State government and the Ife kingmakers to limit the contest for the Ooni to the Giesi ruling house.
In a telephone interview, the head of the ruling house, Sookoo Adeleke Adewoyin, said the process being used was alien to Lafogido and the town.
The former deputy governor said Lafogido was not expecting any challenge to produce the Ooni.
Adewoyin, who described the 1980 declaration as a fraud and completely alien to Ife customs and tradition, called for immediate review of the declaration.
He said the call for review became imperative because the ruling house has since been marginalised in all the chieftaincy reviews in Ile-Ife.
One of the royal families that make up the Giesi ruling house, billed to produce the Ooni of Ife, the Agbedegbede II royal family has dissociated itself from some selection committees.
It said it would use legal means to ensure that the selection is just, fair and transparent.
In a statement by Prince Tilewa Adewole, the family expressed dissatisfaction with the way and manner some members of the committee are trying to edge out some candidates, who they see as a threat to their preferred candidate.
The family insisted on their choice of Prince Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin, “a bonafide son of the Agbedegbede royal family II” as its sole candidate.
It restated its resolve to ensure that it is the turn of the Giesi ruling House to fill the stool but advocated that the best way to achieve this is for the committee to allow each family to produce a candidate.
The family warned that any deviation from a just and fair selection may lead to a scuttle of the nomination.
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