Society
Details: Ooni Of Ife Keeps Mum Over Sacrileges Committed At The Palace Of Oba Of Lagos
Eniola Ajayi
The checks by societynow.ng revealed that the number one custodian of culture and tradition in Yoruba land, the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi is still keeping sealed lips over the sacrilege committed at the palace of Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu.
Hoodlums masquerading as those angered by the shooting of unarmed #EndSars protesters – at Lekki Toll-Gate on Tuesday, October 20, 2021 – invaded the palace of the Oba of Lagos Rilwan Akiolu at Ita Iduganra, Lagos Island on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, and vandalized and looted the place.
The king’s traditional Staff Of Office ( Opa Ase) was taken away and valuables including money and personal items stolen from the palace.
The “Opa Ase” was sacrilegiously paraded on the streets as images of the vandals swimming in the private pool of the Oba as well as making away with properties in the palace trend about town.
The traditional staff office was later put on sale amid claims of recovery.
Ooni of Ife who responded to the shooting of the unarmed protesters barely twenty-four hours after the incident and also condemned the attack on Governor Gboyega Oyetola barely two days after it happened has maintained sealed lips over the desecration of the palace of the Oba of Lagos three days after.
This development comes amid claims of a cold war of sort between the Ooni of Ife and Oba of Lagos in some quarters.
It is yet to be confirmed whether Ooni Ogunwusi has reached out to the Oba of Lagos behind the scene since his palace was ravaged.
