I’m the highest king in Yoruba land, I speak with thunder in my mouth – Oba Akinruntan challenges Ooni

The Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom in Ondo State,
Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, has
declared that he is the highest Oba in
Yoruba land.
He also claimed that his father owns Ife
Kingdom and that he has the right to crown
Yoruba Obas.
The Olugbo had recently attacked the Ooni
of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, over
his (Ooni) claim that the Igbo people were
originally from Ile-Ife.
Akinruntan spoke at the installation held at
his palace in Ugboland, yesterday, declaring
that, “I am ready to crown more kings from
the Diaspora as long as I remain the number
one king in Yorubaland. I am the custodian
of the Yoruba culture.
“I am going to give more Obas in the
Diaspora crowns. Many of them will get
crowns and staff of office from me and
nobody can query me. They know that I’m a
special Oba in Yorubaland. My father, Oba
Makin Osangangan, is the owner of Ife.
“I am the leader of all Obas in Yorubaland. I
speak with thunder in my mouth and I make
bold to say so. No one is above me in
Yorubaland in as much as it has been
accepted that we are from Ife. I am the one
that Oduduwa met at Ife.
“I’m going to celebrate 10 years on the
throne; people should go and prepare. I don’t
want people to wear suit to my coronation
anniversary because I’m a Yoruba Oba.
“The coronation will be a special celebration
because I’m preparing for it and people will
come from all over the country to celebrate
with me.”
The three men crowned by the Olugbo were
the Oriade of Georgia, Oba Bernard Shola
Akinrimisi; the traditional ruler of Yoruba in
Liberia, Oba Omobolaji Ogunkoya, Oodua
Gbadewolu I, and the traditional ruler of
Yoruba in the Republic of Ireland, Oba
Saheed Ibrahim Adufe.


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