{"id":24741,"date":"2020-02-22T12:53:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T11:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=24741"},"modified":"2020-02-22T12:53:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T11:53:14","slug":"king-of-boxers-oluwo-of-iwo-sent-home-for-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=24741","title":{"rendered":"‘King of boxers’, Oluwo of Iwo, sent home for six months disregards and questions suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Osun State Traditional Council on Friday suspended the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, for six months, over what it described as \u201can attempt to drag the institution into the mud with his public conduct\u201d.
\nThe Oluwo has been in the news lately for allegedly pounding another king ruthlessly in the presence of an Assistant Inspector-General of Police and other traditional rulers.
\nCuriously, no arrest was made and he was not charged to court for the alleged assault, leading to grumbles of preferential treatment.
\nBut he remained defiant, vowing to be present at next month’s meeting of the traditional council.
\nIn a statement and series of posts on Instagram, he described as political his suspension from the Osun State Traditional Council meeting in Osogbo, the state capital on Friday.
\n\u201cOluwo said the point given by the council was porous, lacking logic and do not portray the revered traditional council in good light as they refused to address the allegation that he punched a monarch.
\n\u201cOba Akanbi said any suspension from the Osun State traditional council meeting is subject to the approval of the state government. He described the suspension as audio, stating it is unprofessional of the respected Osun State traditional council meeting to make such pronouncement without the approval of the state government.
\n\u201cHe expressed disappointment that traditional council could be turned to an avenue of playing politics. He stated the highest level of injustice is for the council to say i was rude to the same Ooni who presided over a meeting where they said I was suspended.
\n\u201cI was never suspended. The suspension reported by the media is just from the monthly Osun State Traditional Council meeting which is subject to the approval of the state government. It is sad to note that Osun State traditional council could be so political. They said I was rude to Alake, Ooni and Alaafin.
\n\u201cAnd the same Ooni presided over the same meeting that purportedly pronounced my suspension from the Osun State traditional council meeting. If this should stand, many monarchs will not be encouraged to regard the council\u201d \u201cWe were invited to address the allegation that I punched another Oba. The AIG and the government officials presence came to the meeting as witnesses and gave account that I didn\u2019t beat any Oba”.
\nThe council, at its emergency meeting presided over by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, in Osogbo, banned the monarch from attending its meetings for the same period.
\nThe council also constituted a committee headed by Orangun of Ila, Oba Wahab Adedotun, to further investigate the matter involving Oluwo and other monarchs in the area.
\nAddressing journalists after the meeting, the Orangun of Ila, Oba Adedotun, said that the decision of the council to suspend Oluwo was not only because of the alleged fight between him and Agbowu.
\nThe monarch said that the suspension was also due to his misconduct to other traditional rulers in Yoruba land.
\nOba Adedotun said that the council recommendations would be forwarded to the State government and security agencies for appropriate action.
\nIt would be recalled that Akanbi was alleged to have assaulted the Agbowu of Ogbaagba, Oba Dhikrulahi Akinropo, during a peace meeting at the office of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 11, Bashir Makama, in Osogbo, on Feb. 14.
\nBut Oluwo of Iwo at a press conference on Feb. 17, denied the allegation.
\nThe Oluwo has, however, denied the allegation and described it as \u201ca desperate gang-up\u201d against him.
\nThe state government had, in a statement, condemned the incident, describing it as \u201cunfortunate and avoidable\u201d.
\nThe statement signed by Mrs Funke Egbemode, Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, said that a situation where monarchs engaged in public display of temperament did not edify the revered stools.
\nAdditional reports by NAN<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Osun State Traditional Council on Friday suspended the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, for six months, over what it described as \u201can attempt to drag the institution into the mud with his public conduct\u201d. The Oluwo has been in the news lately for allegedly pounding another king ruthlessly in the presence of an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":24744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1081,1082,234],"class_list":["post-24741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-oluwo","tag-osun","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}