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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, has denied a media report that he honoured the Disciplinary Committee Chairman of Oyo State Park Management System (PMS), Alhaji Lamidi Mukaila, popularly known as Auxiliary, with a chieftaincy title.
The monarch, in a statement signed and made available to newsmen by by his Personal Assistant on Media, Mr Oladele Ogunsola, described the claim as satanic.
Auxillary was said to have been conferred with Are Ajagunla of Yoruba land at a ceremony allegedly held at the ancient Mapo Hall, Ibadan.
But Olubadan described such claim as character assassination, saying, “it is malicious and ridiculous and one cannot but wonder how somebody could come up with such a lie from the pit of hell.”
According to Ogunsola, news of the said installation was heard in the palace just like any other person on the supposed day it was to be held, adding, “how would Olubadan be tagged with such a questionable act and something he had no knowledge of?”
“Though, there are some claims that the PMS Chairman had some form of attachments to the Aliwo ruling house where Olubadan hails from, there’s nothing common between him and the palace to warrant anything of such.
“Aside, peradventure, Oba Balogun sighted the PMS boss on the television in the last one year, that’s the only reason he won’t be able to claim not to have seen him in the last one year.
“Would somebody become a chief under him without having interacted in the last one year or even more?” he said.
Oba Balogun asked members of the public to discountenance the claim and regard it as a wicked rumour aimed at tarnishing his reputation.