Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina, has written an
emotional letter of consideration to the Ondo state
government to reinstate him as the paramount ruler.
Mr. Adepoju was deposed the media revealed his
battery of his wife, Olori Bolanle, in May 2010. His
battered wife took ill and subsequently died in July
2011. Mr. Adepoju then relocated to the United
Kingdom.
In the letter, obtained exclusively by
SaharaReporters through his lawyer, Barrister
Olusola Oke, the deposed Deji appealed to Governor
Olusegun Mimiko, for whom he claimed to have
worked tirelessly during his election campaign, to
consider his plea.
"I must passionately plead with your Excellence to
remember how well I stood behind you and fought
with you towards ensuring that you won the election
and to ensure that you also recovered your stolen
mandate," he said.
Recounting how he was deposed from the town
because he allegedly poured a concoction on his
estranged late wife, Olori Bola Adepoju Adesina, he
said the avoidable communication gap was the
reason behind the widely-reported incident.
Late
Olori Bolanle
He claimed that the escalated fracas between him
and the late Olori was misconstrued by the press
which, he also alleged, refused to report his own
version of the story.
Dr Ige Ogunleye, the Chairman of the Osupa Ruling
house which Adesina hails from, confirmed receipt of
the letter, but he declined further comment.
Many sources in the ruling house disclosed that the
letter comes at an important time, as the Deji throne
is vacant. SaharaReporters had earlier gathered from
a kingmaker in the palace that the Osupa Ruling
House is the next family to present candidates for
the throne.
We also learnt that chiefs in Akure will this week
complete traditional rites for the late Oba Adebiyi
Adegboye Adesida. A source revealed that the
daughter of the deceased, Princess Adetutu, is
expected to be installed as Regent of Akure pending
the emergence of a new king.
The palace source told our reporter that the belated
installation was on account of family exigencies.
"The issue is that Princess Adetutu was nursing her
baby when the sudden death of her father was
pronounced. But immediately after the whole rites
she might will be installed as the regent of the
kingdom this week or early in the New Year," the
source said.
But an aide to the Lisa of Akure, High Chief James
Olusoga, told SaharaReporters in a phone interview
that the traditional rites would be completed with the
installation of a regent, most likely between
Christmas and the New Year festival period.
With just 23 days since the death of Adebiyi Adesida,
the jostling for the throne has begun at a frantic
pace, with members of the Osupa Ruling House
lobbying kingmakers for the vacant sit.
While some seem to favour the return of the deposed
Adesina to the throne, others object, fearing
victimisation should he re-emerge the king.
In the letter, however, the former and perhaps future
Deji seems to have leant his lessons of his
experience and reconciled with those who worked
against him.
Dated December 19, it was addressed to Governor
Olusegun Mimiko through his Commissioner for
Justice and Attorney General, Eyitayo Jegede (SAN).
It was copied to the Deputy Governor, Ali Olanusi; the
Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Samuel
Adesina; the State Chief Judge, Sehinde Kumuyi;
Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy
Affairs, Bamiduro Dada; and the Akure Council of
Chiefs through Lisa of Akure, High Chief James
Olusoga.
Sent From David Aniemeka
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