Professor Wande Abimbola
I consulted Ifa oracle before the Oyo Mesi in choice of new Alaafin of Oyo- Prof. Abimbola
Professor Wande Abimbola insisted that he consulted Ifa oracle before the Oyomesi before Prince Abimbola Owoade was choaen as the new Alaafin of Oyo.
Prince Owoade replaces Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111 as the Alaafin of Oyo, who died many months ago.
Professor Abimbola, the Awise of Oyo and former Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, was asked by the Oyo State Government to consult the Ifa oracle because the Oyo Mesis were said to have been compromised.
he process through which the Alaafin-elect, Prince Abimbola Owoade was chosen.
The academician and elder statesman, who once served as the Majority Leader of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, stated this in a video clip currently going viral on social media on the process that led to choice of the new Alaafin.
The professor, who spoke in flawless Yoruba Language, confirmed that:
“Yes, it’s the Oyo State Government that asked me to consult Ifa. By April this year, it will be three years that our King, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, joined his ancestors.
“The kingmakers were consulted to pick a successor, and then interested individuals started giving hefty money to the kingmakers to influence their decision.
“This later divided the rank of the kingmakers because they discovered that the money their leader shared to them was a far cry from what he collected.
“The five kingmakers had earlier supported a particular prince who gave them the heaviest sum but after discovering the act perpetrated by their leader, two of them backtracked. They reached out to the government to say they were no longer in support of the candidate, adding that they just discovered that the money their leader collected from the said prince was incredibly heavy from which he gave them peanuts.”