Olomu stool : We will not disappoint - Kingmakers

Date: 2018-06-19

The Omu-Aran Traditional Council of Chiefs in Kwara State on Monday pledged to ensure diligence and transparency in the selection of a new monarch to fill the vacant stool in the community.

The council headed by Chief Festus Awoniyi, the Petu Atayero of Omu-Aran, made the pledge when members of the Omu-Aran Muslim community paid the Sallah homage to the Olomu's Palace.

It would be recalled that the traditional ruler of the community and Olomu of Omu-Aran, Oba Charles Ibitoye, died on Nov. 30, 2017 during a brief illness.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ibitoye had spent more than two decades on the throne.

Awoniyi, who is also the acting traditional head of the community and the Olomu-In-Council, said the assurance was to allay fears being expressed in some quarters over the succession to the Olomu stool.

He said members of the council were resolved to ensure the sustenance of unity and peaceful co-existence among the people of the community.

According to him, no amount of pressure or financial inducement would distract the kingmakers from performing their responsibilities honestly and diligently.

Awoniyi urged religious leaders as well as indigenes and non-indigenes in the community to continue to support the council with prayers to achieve the desired success.

"I want to assure you on behalf of Omu-Aran traditional council and its members that we will not disappoint the community.

"Selection processes toward succession to the vacant Olomu stool is already in top gear and God willing we will surely come out victorious," Awoniyi said.

Earlier, Alhaji Sodiq Afolayan, the Chief Imam of Omu-Aran Central Mosque, had urged the kingmakers to be alive to their responsibilities.

He noted that any act of omission or commission on the part of the kingmakers in the succession processes would be rewarded by God.

"All eyes are on you to do a thorough job in selecting a God fearing leader for the community.

"We as religious leaders will not relent in interceding on your behalf for God's divine guidance in carrying out your assignment successfully," the cleric said.

Alhaji Issa Abdulsalam, a renowned Islamic scholar, in a sermon during the visit urged Nigerians to promote religious tolerance and patriotism in order to achieve the desired nationhood.

"Our country presently is in dire need of unity, tolerance and sacrifice to move forward.

"This is not about being a Muslim or a Christian, Ibo, Yoruba or Hausa but being a law abiding and patriotic citizen of Nigeria," he said. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Oluwole Dupe     RTEAN     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Usman Alkali Baba     Lanre Badmas     Kwara Hotel     Share-Tsaragi     Monthly Sanitation     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Hamid Bobboyi     Ike Ekweremadu     AbdulRauf Keji     Yusuf Mubarak     ASMAU PLAZA     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Tosho Yaqub     Sunset Workers     Musibau Akanji     Unilorin     NaAllah     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Salake     Waheed Ibrahim     Aliyu Adebayo     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Alore     Imam Gambari     Kale Ayo     Press Release     Omupo     Kwara South     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Young Progressives Party     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Siraj Oyewale     Abdulazeez Arowona     Jimoh Bashir     Dagbalodo     Rachael Obisesan     Mujtabah Bature     New Model Police Station     Bamidele Aluko     Kehinde Baale     Oko Erin     Ekweremadu     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Oloje     Yemi Osinbajo     Orire     Maryam A. Garuba     Christopher Odetunde     Folorunsho Alao     Gbenga Adebayo     Elerinjare     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Sheriff Shagaya     Quarry Royal Valley     07039448763     Isau     Ilorin Curfew     Kwarareports.com     Babatunde Idiagbon     Obasanjo     Yetunde Balogun     Raheem Adaramaja     Muritala Olarewaju     Pakata     VADA     Musbau A. Akanji     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kola Bukoye     Isiaka Alikinla     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Sun Qing Rong     Oba Abdulrahim     Kola Olota     Ita-Nmo Market     Mohammed Halidu     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Ifelodun     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Halimat Yusuf     Damilola Yusuf     Kunbi Titiloye     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Ajibike Katibi     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Woro     Ibrahim Gambari     Umar Yakubu Jaja     REO CAKES     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Kayode Yusuf     Vasolar     Omotoso Musa     Fatimoh Lawal     BECE     Oke-Ero     Abubakar Ndakene     Village Alive Development Association     Bursary     Adeola Abraham     Bank Of Industry     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     NAWOJ     Olateju Lukman     Abdulazeez Uthman     CKNG     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Olabode Towoju     Funmilayo Mohammed     Mazars Consulting     ASMAU PLAZA     Yekeen Alabi     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Bisi Kristien     Government High School Adeta     Kwara State Sports Commission     Adekunle David Dunmade     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Babatunde Idiagbon     Mufti Of Ilorin     Air Peace     Umar Danladi Shero     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Kwha.gov.ng     Bilikis Oladimeji     Isiaq Khadeejah     Labour Party     KFA     Erubu     Bukola Saraki     Atiku Abubakar     Ilorin     Saraki     QuickWin     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Afonja     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Kayode Bankole     Oko-Olowo