Two family chiefs known as Mogaji have been suspended and their beads withdrawn by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin over alleged land grabbing, reports thegazellenews.com
The duo are: Mogaji Kukula, Kamorudeen Kolawole of Kukula family, Oke – Ofa Baba Isale in Ibadan North East Local Government, and Mogaji Samsudeen Bello of Ekerin Ajengbe family, Isale Osi in Ibadan South West Local Government of Oyo State.
The suspension order, which takes immediate effect, it was gathered was handed down to the Chiefs on Thursday, 8 May, 2025 during the Olubadan Land Matters Committee meeting at the Old Olubadan Palace, Oja Oba, Ibadan, the state capital.
The Chief Press Secretary to Olubadan of Ibadanland, Solomon Olugbemiga Ayoade confirmed the development through a statement issued on Friday, 9 May, 2025 to newsmen.
Speaking through the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, the Olubadan said that the suspension order remained in force until the suspended Mogajis do the needful.
“Your suspension order is indefinite until you retrace your steps and do the needful,” Olubadan affirmed.
”You have been told severally to desist from any act that can tarnish the reputation and image of the Olubadan and Ibadanland, such as land grabbing, trespassing, forceful land taking, oppression of your family members and other residents in your domain,” the monarch added.
According to the statement, the suspended Mogajis were told to, henceforth, stop parading themselves as Olubadan traditional title holders until their cases are revisited, just as it also added that law enforcement operatives were instructed to apprehend any suspended traditional ruler parading themselves as authentic Chiefs contrary to the sanctions imposed on them by the king.
The Ibadan monarch, who expressed his disapproval at the nonchalant attitude of some Mogajis and Baales, who ignored the invitation of the Olubadan Land Matters Committee, warned that such absentee traditional title holders risk losing their traditional titles as their absence would be viewed as insubordination to the constituted authority.
Present at the meeting were: Oba Abiodun Kola Daisi, Ashipa Olubadan of Ibadanland; Oba Dauda Abiodun Azees, Ashipa Balogun of Ibadanland; Oba Salaudeen Hamidu Ajibade, Ekerin Olubadan of Ibadanland; Chief Isiaka Akinpelu, Special Adviser to Olubadan on Chieftaincy Matters; the President Association of Mogajis in Ibadanland, Mogaji Ariori of Olorisa family; Mogaji Adeleke Lukman, Secretary to the Committee; and Mogaji Abdul Rasaq Akinola, Reporting Officer to the committee, among others.
