Former Oyo State Governor and the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Rasidi Ladoja, has eventually bowed to pressure from his co-High Chiefs to be crowned since it is the only obstacle to his becoming Olubadan of Ibadan land after the incumbent monarch.
Ladoja had refused to take the crown like his ten other High Chiefs as proposed by late Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, and gazette by the administration of Governor Seyi Makinde.
He believes that the only crown he aims to take in his lifetime is that of the Olubadan and nothing else. His colleagues have, however, insisted that they will block him from becoming the Olubadan when it is due, unless he accepts to wear the crown.
Responding this morning on an Ibadan-based FM Radio Station, Fresh, Ladoja said, “since the crown is merely ceremonial and it cannot affect my becoming the Olubadan, I have accepted to take the crown based on popular demand of Ibadan sons and daughters both at home amd in the Diaspora.
“Majority of Ibadan people want me to become Olubadan, and they have said that the only obstacle to it is my not accepting the crown.
“So, since based on the theory of tyranny of majority which says that minority will have their say, but the majority will have their way, and the fact that the ratio among us in tue Olubadan-in-Council is one to ten, I have decided to accept the crown in order to yield to the demand of my people who want me to become Olubadan”, he said.
With the declaration, the protracted tension over ascension to the throne of Olubadan now appears doused.
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