Yoruba King Rejects Gods of His Forefathers, Asks Others To Leave Throne
- Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi has called on all traditional rulers in Yoruba land to forget their forefather's gods
- According to the Oluwo of Iwo, the monarchs should submit to God almighty who is the only true God
- However, Ifa priest, the Araba Awo of Osogbo, Ifayemi Elebuibon, has dismissed the position of the king
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A message has been sent to all traditional rulers in Yoruba land. The message was sent bythe Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi.
The monarch called on other kings reject idol worshiping and submit to only God Almighty in running their domains.
Oba Akanbi spoke in Iwo at the annual Olodumare Day celebration, where several musical groups and individuals sang praises to God, Punch Newspaper reports.
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The monarch insisted that any king who is fetishistic is not representing God and urged those among them who wanted to engage in idolatry to abdicate the throne and become traditionalists.
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He said:
“Other Yoruba kings must come in tandem with this because they can’t be God’s representatives and still worship other gods.
“God is the real king, and the earthly king who is now fetish is not representing God well. Any king who worships other gods or is a fetishist should abdicate the throne and become an herbalist. There is no deity that is called Kabiyesi.”
However, he was swiftly dismissed by celebrated Ifa priest, the Araba Awo of Osogbo, Ifayemi Elebuibon.
Elebuibon said:
“Odu Ifa established Iwo town, not a Qu’ran. At best, Oluwo can go to Saudi Arabia and be king there and not in Yorubaland. He is misinterpreting Yoruba monarchy.”
I'm greater than Ogun, Obatala, Awolowo, Oduduwa - Oluwo of Iwo makes bold statement
In another report, Abdulrasheed Akanbi, gave reasons why is a better person than all his progenitors.
He made this known in an Instagram post that had some photos that displayed his sartorial elegance. The monarch said that if he is not better as one of their offspring, then all the 'incoming generation' including him are failures.
He went ahead to disclose that the dream of every father is for their children to be greater than them.
Africans are to blame for slavery
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that the Oluwo of Iwo spoke about slavery and who is to blame for the human dehumanization in Africa.
He said that Africans were culpable in the slavery that happened on the continent. The king stated that Africans sold their children.
The monarch pointed out:
“We were the ones asking for gun powder, for guns to conquer the other one to take slaves.”
The king argued that the continent was never conquered as it is popularly believed. He stated that Africans rather gave themselves up.
He added that he was the first king to apologise for slavery in England at the Commonwealth. Oba Abdulrasheed went further to say that the Europeans only came to the continent as explorers.
Source: Legit.ng
