Osun
State Government and the Ile-Ife kingmakers have resolved that the Giesi Ruling
House would produce the next Ooni of Ife and the screening of the would-be Ooni
is under way.
The late Ooni, Oba Sijuwade
It
was learnt that the state government would formerly write Giesi Ruling House to
present suitable candidates for the Ooni stool to the kingmakers out of whom
the government would pick the person that would ascend the throne.
It
would be recalled that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse died at
Saint Mary Hospital, United Kingdom on July 28th, 2015, after a brief illness.
A
source at a meeting attended by Ife kingmakers at Osun Government House in
Osogbo on Friday night disclosed that the Giesi Ruling House was favoured by
the 1979 and 1980 Ife Chieftaincy Declaration which spelled out the rotational
system among the four ruling houses entitled to the throne.
The
spokesperson of Giesi Ruling House, Prince Adelowo Adekunle Ogunleye told our
correspondent that screening of interested Princes from the Giesi is still on and
that names would be forwarded to the kingmakers as soon as the ruling house
receives letter from government to nominate candidates.
He
noted that the Giesi Ruling House Ruling House has not disqualified any
applicant from all the 8 royal families under it and that interested princes
from the ruling House were still submitting their application to vie for the
Ooni stool.
According
to Adelowo, “We have not disqualified any applicant from vying for the throne
of Ooni of Ife because every prince from Giesi Ruling House is free to show
interest. We have received application from interested princes and we are
already screening them to determine the eligibility of every one of the
applicants. There is no doubt that it is our turn to produce Ooni and we shall
produce the best candidate who would become the next Ooni of Ife”.
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