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.

Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Joseph Offorjama     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Ojo Fadumila     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Samuel Adaramola     Chikanda     Bolaji Abdullahi     Jawondo     Shoprite     Olabode George Towoju     Ajakaye     Kulende-UITH     Tafidan Kaiama     Otoge     Henry Makinwa     NULGE     Abioye Bello     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Toyin Abdullahi     RTEAN     Muhammad Yahya     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Baba Idris     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Yahaya Muhammad     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Umar Saro     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Doyin Agbamu     Afeyin-Olukuta     Solomon Edoja     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Ali Ahmad     Ojuekun     Garba Idris Ajia     Rotimi Oyedepo     Ojuekun Sarumi     Yakubu Dogara     Labaeka     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     ER-KANG     Memunat Monsuma     Inside Kwara     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Presidential Election     Yakub Lai Gobir     Idiagbon     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Elewu     Congress For National Consensus     08001000100     The Herald     SWAN     Kwara State Football Association     Dan Masanin     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Kwara State Government     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Saka Saadu     Saadu Yusuf     Ado Bayero     Borgu     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Col. Adedipe     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Amada Jidda     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Laboratory-to-Product     Aisha Gobir    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sabi     Salihu Yahaya     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Yaman     Olokoba     Mukhtar Shagaya     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Joseph Offorjama     Segun Ogunsola     Ibrahim Bio     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Kayode Ibrahim     Tope Daramola     Kola Shittu     Gbugbu     Yoruba     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Orisa Bridge     Sidikat Alaya     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Ishaq Oloyede     Isiaka Danmeromu     Olushola Saraki     Bisi Oyeleke     Ahman Pategi     Omotoso Musa     Lanwa     Kawu     Kuliyan Geri     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Ado Ibrahim     Pacify Labs     Kubra Kazum     Halimat Yusuf     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Rasheed Jimoh     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Olokoba Sulyman     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Gobir Organization Foundation     Emir Of Ilorin     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     AGILE Programme     Dan Masanin     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     CT Ayeni     Kunbi Titiloye     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Ibrahim Mashood     Tsaragi-Share     Assayomo     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Mustapha Akanbi     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Ganiyu Abolarin     Makama Of Ilorin     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Rapheal Ashaolu     Grillo     Presidential Election     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Patience Jonathan     UNIFEMGA     Salary     Elerinjare     High Court     Shettima     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Bolaji Abdullahi     Saliu Shola Taofeek