Awujale: Ogun Gives Self Pass Mark On Process, Blames Delay On Fusengbuwa Crisis

○ Dapo Abiodun-led Govt alleges media blackmail, disinformation; threatens alleged perpetrators with full weight of the regulation

Over one 12 months after the Awujale Sikiru Adetona joined his ancestors, the Ogun State Government has defended its dealing with of the succession course of to the Awujale stool, giving itself a cross mark on the way in which it has, thus far, dealt with the method.

Oba Adetona, the Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, handed to the good past on Sunday, July 13, 2025, that day on the age of 91, after 65 years on the throne.

He was buried the subsequent day, Monday, 14 July 2025, based on Islamic rites at Ogbagba Court, Igbeba, Ijebu-Ode.

NOP NIGERIA stories that the Prince Dapo Abiodun-led state authorities 9n Wednesday said the way it intervened within the inside disaster inside the Fusengbuwa Ruling House, insisting that the emergence of the subsequent monarch should strictly comply with due course of.

The authorities additionally warned people and teams allegedly sponsoring media assaults and spreading disinformation to stress it over the succession course of to desist or face the total weight of the regulation.

The State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Oluwasina Ogungbade, SAN, said this in a press release on Wednesday, stressing that the federal government had acted with equity, restraint and in accordance with the Awujale Chieftaincy Declaration and the Obas and Chiefs Law of Ogun State, 2021.

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He defined that following the demise of the late Awujale, Oba Sikiru Adetona, the federal government had constantly recognised the Fusengbuwa Ruling House’s entitlement to provide the subsequent occupant of the revered conventional stool.

Ogungbade, nonetheless, disclosed that the federal government needed to intervene when it found that the ruling home was working below three completely different household heads, with nomination varieties reportedly being offered for as a lot as ₦10 million.

He recalled that at a gathering with the household on November 6, 2025, the federal government suggested it to resolve its inside management disagreements, function below one recognised household head and discontinue the gathering of nomination charges.

According to him, the intervention yielded constructive outcomes, because the household subsequently agreed to function as one united ruling home, abolish candidature charges, refund funds already made by aspirants and expressed appreciation to the federal government.

He maintained that the federal government’s intervention was not meant to deprive the Fusengbuwa household of its entitlement however to make sure that the succession course of was carried out in an orderly, clear and legally acceptable method.

The Attorney-General defined that whereas the federal government revered the normal succession course of, it additionally had statutory tasks within the appointment and set up of conventional rulers, together with the authority to reject a nominated candidate the place the curiosity of excellent governance so calls for.

He described latest media publications accusing the federal government of interference and bias as deceptive, alleging that some had been sponsored to create public hostility and exert undue stress on the federal government.

Ogungbade distinguished authentic criticism and advocacy from what he described as media blackmail and deliberate disinformation, warning that the federal government wouldn’t enable such actions to undermine its lawful tasks.

Citing Section 61 of the Criminal Law of Ogun State, he famous that illegal acts calculated to intrude with the free train of a governor’s official duties may appeal to a three-year jail time period.

He consequently cautioned publishers and people concerned within the dissemination of deceptive stories designed to intrude with the succession course of, warning that the federal government wouldn’t hesitate to pursue applicable authorized cures if the alleged actions endured.

The authorities reaffirmed its dedication to making sure that the emergence of the subsequent Awujale displays the provisions of the regulation, the established conventional establishments of Ijebuland and the rules of equity and due course of.

Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, joined his ancestors on Sunday, July 13, 2025, that day on the age of 91, after 65 years on the throne.

He was buried the subsequent day, Monday, 14 July 2025, based on Islamic rites at Ogbagba Court, Igbeba, Ijebu-Ode.

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