Olubadan: Ladoja Breaks Silence, speaks on next in line to the throne

Olubadan: Ladoja Breaks Silence, speaks on next in line to the throne

Rashidi Ladoja, former governor and Osi Olubadan of Ibadan, has spoken at last about the controversy surrounding who replaces Oba Saliu Adetunji as the new monarch.

Ladoja who made the clarification when he received visitors at his Bodija house, said the Otun Olubadan, Lekan Balogun is the next in line to succeed the departed Oba Adetunji.

He, however, explained that there are conditions to be met, part of which is the withdrawal of the case in court.

Appealing for calm the high chief, “Uninformed people are just causing unnecessary tensions in Ibadan. There is no controversy about who becomes the next Olubadan after the demise of Oba Saliu Adetunji Aje Ogunguniso 1”.

This was just he clarified that he had no hand in the letter written by an Ibadan-born lawyer and former justice commissioner, Barr. Michael Lana.

You recalls that with the exemption of Ladoja, Balogun and others have been elevated to Obaship status by the administration of late former governor Abiola Ajimobi, an action that is subject of litigation and discussion in Ibadan.

Only yesterday, 10 of the high chiefs, met at Mapo and endorsed Balogun as Olubadan-elect. Only Ladoja was absent.