Amidst the Ekiti Traditional Council crisis, a Lagos based industrialist and Atayero of Aramoko-Ekiti, Omooba Olusegun Aderemi, has cautioned traditional rulers in the state to refrain from inciting comments or reactions that could worsen the situation.
Omooba Aderemi also urged prominent citizens in Ekiti to wade into the raging crisis with a view to finding a permanent solution.
Speaking with newsmen in Ado Ekiti, Omooba Aderemi posited that any monarch who still has selection cases in competent court is not qualified to comment or even sit for meetings with the high ranking Pelupelu Obas until the cases are settled.
Omooba Aderemi criticized some monarchs for allegedly fuelling the crisis in the media and advised them to thread softly, while calling on Pelupelu Obas to resolve the matter.
“Any monarch whose selection case is still pending in a competent court has no right to comment on traditional matter or even sit together for meetings with Pelupelu Obas.
“For instance, Olu Adeyemi still has selection case in court, the case which should have been concluded, but for self help he (Olu Adeyemi) is enjoying from the present administration in the state.
“There is still a case of selection between Olu Adeyemi and Omooba Olusegun Aderemi, so as a matter of fact, position of Alara of Aramoko Ekiti is still vacant.
Omooba Aderemi therefore charged the Pelupelu Obas as an embodiment of peaceful resolution in the society, saying “they should not allow politicians or court to determine their fates, they should resolve amicably.”
Aderemi however called on prominent citizens in the state like legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola, to use their influence to mediate the crisis.
The appointment of Alawe of Ilawe-Ekiti, Oba Adebanji Alabi as the new chair of Ekiti Traditional Council by Governor Kayode Fayemi had generated controversy in the state as the Pelupelu Monarchs protested the eligibility of Alawe.