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.

Tunde Kazeem     Lanre Badmus     Simeon Sayomi     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Apaokagi     Justina Oha     Moji Makanjuola     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Modupe Oluwole     Afeyin-Olukuta     Lateef Fagbemi     Gabriel Fashanu     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Durosinlohun Kawu     Lithium Deposit     Ali Ahmad     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Ope Saraki     Alfa Yahaya Road     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Adesoye College     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Bukola Ajikobi     Amos Justus Sayo     Jebba     Gaa Olobi     Yakubu Shaaba     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Stephen Fasakin     Bashir Badawi     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Ogbondoroko     Rotimi Oyedepo     Yemi Osinbajo     Hijaab     Olokoba Sulyman     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Oluronke Adeyemi     Kwara Pdp     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     CACOVID Palliatives     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Niyi Osundare     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Mohammed Lawal     2023 Elections     Onilu     Cassava Growers\' Association     Grillo     Kulende-UITH     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Ajia-Bako     Omotoso     Dumagi     Amoyo     Kola Shittu     Isapa     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     High Court     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Nigeria Computer Society     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Kwara 2019     Aliyu Muyideen     Oloye     Yaman     KwaraLearn     3MTT     Awili Pedro     Ogidi-Oloje     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Ayobami Seriki     Christopher Odetunde     Adeleke Ogungbe     Abubakar Olusola Saraki    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sunday Popo-Ola     Tunji Folami     Olatunde Oyeyiola     TETFUND     Olatunji Moronfoye     Sarah Alade     Gbemisola Saraki     SUBEB     Ita-Ore     Amina El-Imam     Umar Danladi Shero     Olatunde Michaels     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Oloriegbe     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Valsolar     JAMB     Aminat Ahmed     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Harrison Osauwagboe     Kwara Apc     NURTW     Tunji Oyawoye     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     National Association Of Nigerian Students     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Hauwa Nuru     FOMWAN     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Bisi Oyeleke     Saduki Lafiagi     Odolaye Aremu     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Omu Aran     GGDSS Pakata     Fulani     Naira Redesign     Iqra Books     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     IPSAS     Tope Daramola     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     CBT     Abdulrazaq Akorede     KWSUED     Share/Tsaragi     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Muhammed Danjuma     Segun Ogunsola     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Jide Oyinloye     Alaaya     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Kamoru Kadiri     TIIDELab     Sadiq Buhari     Bamidele Aluko     Just Event Online     Third Estate     Hussein Olokooba     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Assayomo     Saba Jibril     Olabode George Towoju     Gani Saadu     Rasheed Jimoh     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Danladi     Moremi High School     Rihanat Ajia     John Mayokun Dada     Hakeem Lawal     Paul Olawoore