The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Sen. Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II has denied honoring the Disciplinary Committee Chairman of Oyo state Park Management System (PMS), Alhaji Lamidi Mukaila, popularly known as Auxiliary Chieftaincy title.
The monarch described the claim as satanic in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
Auxillary was said to have been conferred with Are Ajagunla of Yorubaland at a ceremony allegedly held at the ancient Mapo Hall, the hinterland of the Ibadan metropolis.
In a statement signed on behalf of the Olubadan by his Assistant (Media), Oladele Ogunsola, the claim, aside it’s being described as character assassination, he said “it is malicious and ridiculous and one cannot but wonder how somebody could come up with such a lie from the pit of hell”.
The statement disclosed that the news of the said installation was heard in the palace just like any other person on the supposed day it was to be held, asking how would Olubadan be tagged with such a questionable act and something he did not know of.
“Though, there are some claims that the PMS Chairman had some form of attachments to the Aliwo ruling house where Olubadan hails from, there’s nothing common between him and the palace to warrant anything of such.
“Aside, from from peradventure, Oba Balogun sighted the PMS boss on television in the last year, that’s the only reason he won’t be able to claim not to have seen him in the last year. Would somebody become a chief under him without having interacted in the last year or even more” he queried?
He implored the members of the public to discountenance the claim and regard it as a wicked rumor aimed at tarnishing his reputation.
