•Alleges irregularities in choice course of
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta
Indigenes of Isara-Remo, in Remo North native authorities space of Ogun State have petitioned the State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, over what they described as flawed course of within the number of the brand new Odemo of Isara-Remo, Bashorun Oluwole Ogunbayo.
The petitioners, underneath the aegis of ‘Involved Youths of Isara-Remo, each dwelling and in diaspora, pleaded with Governor Abiodun to train his powers by declaring the method that produced Bashorun Ogunbayo because the oba-elect of Isara-Remo unlawful and order the kingmakers to observe due course of and conventional methods of choosing a standard ruler for the traditional city.
Within the petitions, signed by the Diaspora President and Secretary of the Involved Indigenes, ‘Wale Odetola and Kola Okusanya respectively, which they forwarded to Governor Abiodun, they alleged that the obaship choice course of that produced Ogunbayo was fraught with irregularities, which included fraud, intimidation, coercion and impersonation of the city’s Council of Kingmakers amongst others allegations.
Within the first petition, dated eleventh September, 2025 and duplicate of which was made obtainable to Vanguard, the diaspora Isara-Remo Indigenes and the youths of the city appealed to the state governor, to make use of his workplace to institute a probe into the incidences of bribery to the tune of a number of thousands and thousands of Naira, on the expense of conformation with the standard practices of Ifa divination, in addition to the alleged militarization of Isara-Remo, throughout the choice course of on the eighth of September, 2025.
“As one of many vital stakeholders, deeply invested within the peace, progress and cultural continuity of our homeland, we can’t stay silent whereas the method is being compromised by intimidation, fraud and disrespect for custom. To ignore the divine Ifa Oracle’s verdict is to undermines the inspiration of the Yoruba kingship custom”.
Emphasizing that the Odemo stool of Isara-Remo stays a logo of the unity and covenant between the residing little kids of the city, Odetola and Okusanya within the petition declared that the Diaspora Neighborhood wouldn’t relent in defending the sanctity of the stool.
In one other petition, dated ninth September, 2025 and signed by 4 different Isara-Remo indigenes; Sola Odunuga; Prince Kayode Shonibare; Mrs. Dupe Adebajo and Mrs. Abiola Onasanya, all of them pleaded with the State authorities to make sure stoppage of all of the processes being made to put in Bashorun Ogunbayo as the subsequent conventional ruler of the city.
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