Chairman of the Yoruba Obas
Conflict Resolution Committee, Oba
Obateru Akinruntan, has said
Nigerians should not think that for
mer president, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, and the incumbent, Dr.
Goodluck Jonathan, are enemies.
Speaking after a meeting of the
committee members in Ibadan
yesterday, he disclosed that the duo
would resolve their differences.
Checks by Daily Sun revealed that
many Nigerians believed that
Obasanjo, who dumped the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) earlier this
week and Jonathan, who is the PDP
presidential candidate for this
year’s general elections had fallen
apart.
Akinruntan, the Okoro Agija 1, who
is the Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom in
Ondo State, noted that Obasanjo
and Jonathan knew how to settle
their differences, adding that the
committee wanted peaceful conduct
of this year’s general elections.
“We don’t dabble into politics.
They (Obasanjo and Jonathan) have
been friends for ages. They would
settle themselves. If you see them
fighting on pages of newspapers, it
doesn’t mean they are enemies. If
any of them has any event now,
don’t be surprised to see them
turning up,” he said.
The meeting was attended by the
Oluyari of Iyari in Ondo State, Oba
Daodu Joel Sunday; the Jowe of
Irukorogha in Ondo State, Oba
Matthew Olasheinde; Gbaluwe of Ig
botan Kingdom, Oba Ajayi Adeniyi;
Sabigana of Iganna in Oyo State,
Oba Saliu Oyemonla Azeez; and
Oba Sikirulahi Adelani from Ogun
State.
The monarch also spoke on the
efforts of the committee in
resolving conflicts among Yoruba
Obas, adding that the provocative
utterances that could lead to feud
among the traditional rulers had
been checked.
Akinruntan noted that the
committee had been having
separate meetings with the Alaafin
of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola
Adeyemi III, and the Ooni of Ife,
Oba Okunade Sijuade Olubuse II,
towards resolving the feud between
the two Yoruba monarchs.
He said the efforts had been
yielding fruitful results. The two
monarchs, he stated, hardly
launched verbal attacks against
each other like before.
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