Influential Politician Muyiwa Oladipo Under Great Pressure As Underground Plan To Determine Successor Of Popular Ogun Monarch Akarigbo To Avoid Succession Crisis Intensifies

…former speaker’s extreme closeness to gov amosun comes into play

Information filtering in to societynowng.com reveal, Ogun state commissioner Muyiwa Oladipo is the under great pressure.

His contributions are passionately being sought to avoid possible crisis societynowng.com learnt

Information available to societynowng.com reveal plans are underway to determine the successor of popular Ogun state monarch, Akarigbo of Remoland Michael Sonariwo.

The first class traditional ruler passed on while on a medical trip abroad not too long ago.
Informants claim with his passage stakeholders initiated underground moves to make a pre determined successor.

”The move is to avoid the issues of possible succession crisis usually brought about by internal wranglings and needless squabbles over who is next” a source stated.

With the needed rites for the immediate past Akarigbo done with, sources claim the plan to determine his successor has intensified.

And being dragged to the centre of it all is said to be Muyiwa Oladipo, the former speaker of Ogun state house of assembly now a commissioner in the administration of Governor Ibikunle Amosun.

Oladipo is a native of Ishagamu, the seat of power of the Akarigbo.

The Akarigbo is the paramount ruler of Remo, one of the major sections of Ogun state.

Insiders disclosed the commissioner’s pedigree, current position and adjudged extreme closeness to governor Amosun are factors that have transformed him ”darling” of those involved in choosing a new king as soon as possible.

”Muyi is very close to the governor…and the support of the government is highly needed for the whole plan to avoid succession crisis to go smoothly” a source pointed out.

Societynowng.com learnt Muyiwa Oladipo’s pedigree as the immediate past Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs had endeared him to the traditional council.

He is said to be calling on the relationships forged while he occupied the position to navigate the current lobby for his support.

Oladipo is currently the commissioner for Tourism and Culture in Ogun state.

A supporter of the move to quickly select a new traditional ruler claim the commissioner is under great pressure.

”He is the bridge unofficial bridge between the state government and other stateholders in this sensitive matter and he is at the centre of it all as a native of the town the happenstance is unravelling” the source explained

Societynowng.com gathered the commissioner has embraced the move.

”I don’t know how deep he is involved, but I gathered he is in interaction with some people to safe guard certain interests” the source claims

Societynowng.com gathered the fact that there are vacant traditional stools of about twenty years due to in fighting and raging succession feuds spurred those behind the move to quickly sue for a selection of a new Akarigbo -co opting a top level goverment official close to the incumbent governor – before the interests in the respected throne become widespread.