The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade I, has described the viral video that he has a supremacy tussle with the Ooni of Ife, Oba Ogunwusi as fake, described the video as misleading and capable of distrupting the peace in Yoruba land.
In a statement on Tuesday by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye, in Ibadan, the monarch urged the public to disregard the viral YouTube video by Awikonko TV, which alleged a rift between the Alaafin and the Ooni of Ife.
Oba Owoade criticised the content and anchor of the video, calling the claims baseless, malicious, and a fabrication meant to mislead the public. He further described the video’s narrator as a “pathological liar” and dismissed the entire content as unfounded.
The statement reads in part,
“The attention of the media office of the Alaafin of Oyo has been drawn to a misleading and wicked fabrication of a video produced by an online medium, Awikonko TV, and shown on YouTube,” the statement reads.
According to the Alaafin’s media office, the controversial report claimed that Oba Owoade had ordered an assault on the father of a village monarch from the United States, supposedly as a show of supremacy over the Ooni of Ife—a claim the Alaafin said is both illogical and laughable.
The palace clarified that the village in question, Oyotunji in the United States, traces its ancestral origin to Oyo town. The monarch of Oyotunji, according to the palace, had paid a peaceful and congratulatory visit to the Alaafin after his coronation and was warmly received.
“How can the Alaafin order the assault of a guest who came on a peaceful visit, especially from a village that shares ancestral ties with Oyo?”
The palace reiterated that the Alaafin is more concerned with the growth and unity of the Yoruba race, not petty rivalries. “The Alaafin is not in any supremacy battle
