Lekan Balogun is next in line to Olubadan stool – Ladoja

Following the controversy that has trailed succession to the throne of Olubadan of Ibadanland, a former Governor of Oyo State and Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja, on Thursday, urged other High Chiefs in Ibadan land to withdraw the case instituted against the throne of Olubadan.

He described the controversy trailing succession to the throne as needless.

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Ladoja is the second most senior chief in the civil line that is to produce the next Olubadan of Ibadan, following the death of Oba Saliu Adetunji.

The crisis on the throne of Olubadan started on Sunday after the demise of the immediate past Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, as a legal practitioner in Ibadanland, Chief Michael Lana, wrote a letter to the Governor of the state, Engr. Seyi Makinde, not to announce Senator Lekan Balogun as Olubadan.

The former governor spoke at his Bodija residence on Thursday when the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial aspirant and senator representing Oyo Central, Senator Teslim Folarin, led bigwigs in the party to pay a condolence visit to Ladoja on the death of Oba Adetunji.

According to Ladoja, the controversy should not have arisen as the succession plan is clear and unambiguous.

“There is no controversy about it. Egbon Lekan Balogun is the most senior in our line and so, he is the next in line to the throne.

“For those asking, my ‘body and mouth language’ is that Egbon Lekan is my senior and he is next in line to the Olubadan stool.”