Oluwo-Agbowu crisis: Yoruba youths seek Gov. Oyetola, Ooni’s intervention

The Yoruba Youths Assembly (YYA) has urged Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, to intervene in the crisis between the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi and the Agbowu of Ogbaagbaa, Oba Dhikrulahi Akinropo. The call was contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Wednesday Thomas Olarinde and Nathaniel Oduyemi, the President and the Public Relations Officer of the group respectively. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that fight had broken out between the two traditional rulers during a peace meeting organised by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 11, Bashir Makama on Feb. 14 over a lingering land dispute. The group condemned the attitude of the traditional rulers, adding that such an act was capable of desecrating the traditional institution, which had been kept sacred for so long by the Yoruba forbears. The group appealed to the governor and the Ooni to wade into the matter in order to prevent future occurrence.