The Ooni of Ife, the Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula , Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11 has accepted the public apology by the self-styled activist, Sunday Igboho, who following the outrage that ensued recently, with regards to his agitation to evict Fulani herders in South-west states; and the subsequent condemnation of this act by the Ooni, lashed back at the Ooni and others like him describing them as ‘Fulani slaves’.
Mr Igboho had during a virtual town hall meeting with Yorubas in Diaspora on Tuesday said Mr Adeyeye and other Yoruba leaders are “Fulani slaves”.
The monarch’s media aide, Moses Olafare, in a press briefing in the palace on Thursday, said the monarch has forgiven Mr Igboho, claiming that Sunday remains a son to Mr Adeyeye despite issuing a threat to attack the palace for not supporting his agitation to evict Fulani herders in South-west states.
“As the father of all, the Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II remains his father who had even identified with him in the past two weeks he had begun with the struggle and he is still solidly behind him for the liberation of the Yorubas from criminal herdsmen who have adamantly terrorised our land. Just that, he must watch his back so that people with ulterior motives will not hijack his movement,” Mr Olafare said.
“Sunday Igboho still remains a son to Ooni. Baba (father) has already forgiven him because he had tendered an apology via a video clip he produced via social media yesterday evening.
“Before tendering the apology, it was the Baba Olugbon of Ile-igbon in a phone call to Arole Oodua informed him that he had scolded Sunday on phone on his misdeeds and that he would soon tender a public apology to him on the matter via a video release.
Sunday Igboho thereafter released the video in which he tendered his apology
Mr. Igboho’s conduct had drawn the ire of the elders of Yoruba land prompting Igboho in a video on Wednesday night to tender an apology, saying that it was a slip of the tongue when he insulted Mr Ogunwusi.