The Ekiti State Authorities has ordered fast stoppage of the month-to-month wage of a conventional title holder in Iworo Quarters, Omuo Ekiti, Ekiti East Native Authorities Space of the State, Chief Sunday Faluyi, for allegedly spearheading a riot towards the set up of a brand new Aro chieftaincy title in the neighborhood.
The Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, issued the punitive order throughout a troubleshooting parley, on Tuesday, whereas interfacing with the delegation from the neighborhood.
The directive was handed down, following authorities’s mediation on a protest letter, written by one Abel Oluwasogo of Ayauna household of Iworo Quarters, accusing Olumuo of Omuo Ekiti, Oba Noah Omonigbehin, of stopping the household from assuming its place among the many royal dynasties that had been entitled to occupy the coveted seat.
Talking additional on the petition, Olorunsogo averred that there was a courtroom judgement in 1999 that ordered that solely three households ought to have unique rights to the royal seat in succession order, opposite to 4 being paraded by the Olomuo-in-Council.
In her decision, contained in an announcement by her Particular Assistant on Media, Victor Ogunje, Mrs Afuye resolved the case towards the petitioner and directed Oba Omonigbehin to start the method for the set up of a brand new Aro from Ayaro dynasty of Iworo Quarters .
The deputy governor suggested Olomuo to stay to the rotation that had been in existence for lengthy that favoured Ayaro dynasty for the title within the curiosity of posterity and peace.
Slamming the punishment on Chief Faluyi, Mrs Afuye mentioned the punitive motion was taken to function a deterrent to some chiefs, who had been fanatically keen on dividing the throne towards their monarchs .
“It sounds so unhealthy {that a} chief that was presupposed to be a peacemaker was the one spearheading riot over the set up of a brand new Aro by defying the oder of the Olomuo that Ayaro must be allowed to put in the brand new Aro of Iworo Quarters.
“This behavior was unbecoming of his standing.
“Henceforth, the wage of Chief Sunday Faluyi must be stopped pending the time he’ll agree with Olomuo for full settlement of this case and the Council should adjust to this directive,” the deputy governor mentioned.
Rationalizing her place on the place the brand new Aro chieftaincy title ought to emanate, the deputy governor added, “The 4 households that represent Iworo Quarters, based on paperwork, sat in 1999 and resolved that the place of Aro must be rotated within the order of Ayaro, Ayauna, Ayagbolu and Ayaasun.
“Data additionally confirmed that the final occupant of the seat was from Ayaasun, so it has to return to Ayaro. Olomuo ought to go forward and decide the subsequent occupant of the royal seat from that household.”
Rejecting the declare that he allegedly favoured a selected dynasty within the royal duel, Oba Omonigbehin mentioned he had been reigning in the neighborhood since 1991 and that the modality he met on floor was that the place must be rotated.
The monarch acknowledged additional that it was the household that sat and drew the succession order in 1999 and gave it to him for execution, and never that he was concerned about any candidate.
