Shockwaves are reverberating across Yorùbáland and the global Yorùbá diaspora following the sudden death of the Baba Ọba (King’s Father) of the famed Oyotunji African Village in South Carolina, USA. The late Baba Ọba, Lukman Arohunfale, a revered socialite and traditionalist, passed away under circumstances already sparking fierce controversy. His death comes just days after he publicly accused the newly installed Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty Oba Akeem Adéyẹmọ Owoade, of allegedly ordering his courtiers to beat him mercilessly during a recent courtesy visit to the Oyo palace in Nigeria. In a widely circulated voice recording, the deceased recounted how what was meant to be a simple homage turned violent. Although the Baba Ọba had reportedly battled ill health in the past year, growing insinuations suggest that the alleged physical assault may have aggravated his condition, ultimately leading to his untimely death. The palace in Oyo recently denied that s...
The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari, has given the Governor of the Ekiti state Ayo Fayose, five days to apologise or face legal action.
The ultimatum which Mrs. Buhari issued to the governor, demanding to drop his accusations, expired on June 29, Wednesday.
Mr. Fayose didn’t apologise to Buhari’s wife for linking her to American Congressman William Jefferson’s bribery scandal of which the US legislator was convicted in 2009.
Daily Trust reports that the media director in the Office of the Wife of the President, Zakari Nadabo, confirmed that the office had not received any message from the governor as of 7.00pm of Wednesday.
He also revealed that the wife of the president had left Nigeria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj.
Nigeria’s anti-graft commission has on June 20 frozen bank accounts of Ayo Fayose.
The Ekiti governor reacting to the news issued a statement which contained excerpts of court documents sourced from the United States Department of Justice Website.
He stated that Aisha Buhari was an accomplice in the bribery scandal that landed Jefferson in jail.
In 2009, Jefferson was found guilty of 11 counts of corruption and was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment.
Aisha Buhari through her lawyers, Ismaila Alasa and Mary Ekpere, defined Fasoye’s accusation as “very wild and unfounded” as well as threatened to drag the governor to court if the statement was not retracted within five working days.
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