Details: Ooni Of Ife Hits Back At Tinubu Over ‘’Disrespectful Greeting’’

Eniola Adeniyi

The palace of the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi has hit back at powerful politician Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for disrespecting the highly respected King.

Ooni’s handler last night, Wednesday, September 9, 2020, made a social media post that opened Asiwaju Tinubu to untold ridicule.

The post was an active link to a report titled ‘’Tinubu should have stood up to greet Ooni – Odumakin’’ with the picture of the ‘’offending moment’’ attached.

The report woven around comments by Yinka Odumakin chided Tinubu for his disrespectful conduct to Ooni at the coronation of the new Oniru Oba Gbolahan Lawal as seen by societynow.ng.

Ooni on his entry at the occasion greeted Tinubu who exchange pleasantries with the revered Oba sitting while others stood up to reciprocate the ‘’humility’’ of the Ooni.

Odumakin who is the spokesperson for Pan Yoruba group Afenifere in the report attracting huge knocks for Tinubu on Ooni’s official Facebook page, From The Palace of The Ooni of Ife Ife asserted

‘’ “We are still Yoruba people. With due respect to our royal fathers, we should not say because we are in a modern age, we should not give the proper respect that we give to our oba.

“You saw the time former President Obasanjo prostrated before the Ooni.

“So, it is still our culture and we must sustain our culture and give the respect that is due to our monarchs.”

Some of the early reactions to the post by the Ooni of Ife’s official page – unedited – read.