Oko is tenant to no town, Oloko of Oko fires

Oko is tenant to no town, Oloko of Oko fires

Khalid ABRAHAM

The Oranmiyan of Okoland His Royal Majesty Oba Solomon Olagoke Akinola has stated that Oko is occupying its ancestral land and never a tenant of any other power.

Oba Akinola made this declaration Monday while hosting the Alaafin of Oyo Oba Akeem Abimbola Owoade at Oko.

Oloko was speaking against the backdrop of claims that he is a tenant of Aresapa, Olugbon and some other acclaimed landlords.

“In the History of the Yorubas by Samuel Johnson, it is confirmed that the first Alaafin that ruled was Alaafin Ajaka, then followed by Sango. It was Sango that took the headquarters to Oyo-Ile. So Baba (Alaafin),

this is your second home.” Oloko declared. “Meanwhile, it was said today by the Olugbon of Orile-Igbon that Aresapa is our landlord, it’s not so.”

He justified his assertion by saying every land belongs to Alaafin and that Oko as a royal lineage of Alaafin Oranmiyan logically is an inheritor of the land.

“That is the history, that is the tradition and you know as your second home l can’t imagine how a vassal king will say that. In the History of Yoruba they talk about vassal kings, lesser kings (awon Oba kekeke). So how can Olugbon, how can Aresa, how can Onikoyi say they are the ones that gave Oloko land when the land belonged to Oranmiyan? So for anybody to come and say anything in the air it means they don’t know history. Let them go through the History of the Yorubas written by Samuel Johnson. It’s clearly written there.

“We have Oko everywhere, in Mushin Lagos state, in Ogun state, we have all over the place, we also have in Kwara. So, Kabiyesi how can an owner of land be subjected to another vassal king as reported by Samuel Johnson. It is not a fallacy, it’s clearly written. So, today, you came to your second home, we see it so and we believe in your leadership and we believe your leadership will take us to the next level.”