Ekiti State government has approved the establishment of a committee of inquiry to investigate the issue of obaship succession in Iworoko-Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.
Giving a summary of the decisions of the state executive council (SEC) from its meeting, Commissioner for Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun, in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, recalled that the succession struggle for the stool of Alaworoko of Iworoko-Ekiti followed the demise of Oba Michael Olufemi Aladejana on January 16, 2019.
Olatunbosun recalled that the immediate past deputy governor, the late Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, referred the contentious issues to the Irepodun/ Ifelodun Local Government Traditional Council, the home local government of Iworoko community for inquiry and recommendations, after receiving numerous petitions and counter petitions on the issue.
The commissioner stated that though the local government traditional council reportedly conducted an extensive investigation and consultation and subsequently submitted a comprehensive report to assist the state government resolve the differences in the family over the obaship tussle, an Ekiti State High Court, however, nullified the report, following a challenge by one of the feuding parties on the ground that such inquiry committee could only be constituted by the executive council and not the deputy governor.
He assured the people that the government remains impartial and committed to entrenching peace and development in all communities in the state.
Olatunbosun urged all stakeholders in the imbroglio to support efforts of the government at engraining peace and resolving the succession issue.
