Attempt by former president Olusegun Obasanjo to make the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji withdraws his case against Governor Abiola Ajimobi has failed.
Unhappy with the elevation and installation of 21 Ibadan high and senior chiefs to Obaship status, the monarch had filed a case to challenge the government decision. Former governor Rashidi Ladoja, who refused to be crowned, is also in court.
Sources informed insideoyo.com that Obasanjo visited the Popoyemoja palace of the monarch, alongside a former Secretary to the State Government, Chief Olayiwola Olakojo who is also the Mayegun of Ibadan land and Professor Afolabi Oladapo, on Wednesday morning.
Though unconfirmed, the visitors were said to have come on behalf of the governor.
It was learnt that they arrived the palace around 11 a.m.
At the close-door meeting, they were said to have told told the monarch to forget what has happened and withdraw the ongoing court case, adding that the governor means well for the monarch.
After thanking the visitors, the monarch was said to have told them that he has nothing against the governor, explaining that he is just trying not to distort history. “If I do so, history and posterity will not forgive me. Let’s leave the matter as it is. Whatever the court says, I will abide. The case is not about me, many people are interested. We are not violent, we believe in rule of law and that is why we went to court,” the monarch was quoted to have told the visitors.
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