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.

Mufti Of Ilorin     Usman Rifun     FOMWAN     Hassan Oyeleke     07039448763     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Adaramaja     Akanji     Gamji Members Association     Salman Jawondo     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Ilorin Muslim Community     Okin Biscuits     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Lawal Olohungbebe     Simeon Ajibola     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Ayegbeni     Kola Ologbondiyan     Gurei     Haleeman Salman     Saadu Yusuf     Saka Adeyemo     Simon Sayomi     Ayo Adeyemi     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Kwara State Government     PPS     John Obuh     CCEPE     Shagari     Overland     ER-KANG Mining     NAWOJ     Moji Makanjuola     Kwara 2023     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Chief Of Staff     Suleiman Ajadi     Mufutau Olatinwo     Odo-Owa     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Dumagi     Christopher Odetunde     Eghe Igbinehi     Bola Magaji     Wasiu Onidugbe     CBT     Isin     Musbau A. Akanji     Students Union Government     Yahaya Dumoye     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Kayode Laro     Moses Afolayan     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Yakubu Gobir     Bayo Ajia     John Kehinde Salako     Hassanat Bello     Baboko Primary School     Sun Qing Rong     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Taofeek Sanusi     Samuel Adaramola     Senate President     Okasanmi Ajayi     Bello Bature     Sunday Fagbemi     General Hospital     Kwara State Polytechnic     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Quareeb     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Taofik Abdulkareem     GRA     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Bayer Nigeria Limited     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Isiaka Gold     Moses Rahman Popoola     Orisa Bridge     Kisira     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     KWASIEC     Sardauna     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Olaitan Adefila     Kwara North     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Ajakaye     LEAH Charity Foundation     Tafida Of Ilorin     Ahmed Dankaya     TESCOM 2025     Busari Alabi Alausa     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Abdulwahab Ololele     Eruku     Ndakene     Mufutau Olatinwo     Modibo Kawu     Adanla-Irese     Javed Khan     Kola Ologbondiyan     Ijagbo Health Centre     Abdulfatai Baakini     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Isiaka Oniwa     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Presidential Election     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Durosinlohun Kawu     Babs Iwarere     Local Government     Post-utme     Tunde Kazeem     Baruten     United Nigeria Airline     Bashir Adigun     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Taofik Abdulkareem     Michael Nzwekwe     Boko Haram     Okasanmi Ajayi     Aro Yahaya     Musibau Akanji     Akeem Olatunji     Michael Nzekwe     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Saheed Alakoso     Patigi Regatta     Kwara 2019     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Ibrahim Orire     Yusuf Aiyedun     Metro Park     Bukola Ajikobi     Government House     Idi-Ape     Ogbondoroko     Shoprite     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Sunday Popo-Ola     Ijagbo     Samuel Adedoyin     Sobi