Ogboru ruling house seeks equity in selection of Ooni

 

The Ogboru ruling house of Ile Ife has called on kingmakers to be guided by the respect for tradition, equity and fair play in the selection of the next monarch for the town. 

Speaking on behalf of the family, a member; Prince Adediran Adetipe told newsmen that Osun State Government should assist the traditional institution in the state to ensure that the right person and ruling house emerges as the 51st Ooni of Ife. 

The ruling house is one of the four expected to produce the successor to the deceased 50th Ooni, Oba Okunade Sijuade, Olubuse II, who joined his ancestors last month. 

The four ruling houses in Ile Ife are the Ogboru, Osinkola, Lafogido and the Giesi families.  

Prince Adetipe disclosed that the Ogboru family has seven clans, including Molodo, Amodo, Alaka, Adejokun, Odogbon, Ooni/Ilare and Olubuse/Olodo. 

According to him, the Adetipe family from the Amodo clan has already submitted an expression of interest, by putting forward a generally accepted candidate to fill the vacant position of the Ooni of Ife. 

He said that the immediate past Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade  in 1980 had an agreement with the Giesi ruling house to trade their turn for the throne, (and not on behalf of the entire Ogboru ruling house) adding that Oba Sijuade’s predecessor- Oba Adesoji Aderemi was from the Osinkola ruling house. 

The Adetipe family hails from the Amodo clan of the Ogboru ruling house of the Ile Ife dynasty.

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