The palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, has dismissed insinuations of a cold war with Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.
Papers News reports that there have been allegations of an ongoing rift between the two traditional rulers, particularly following Oba Owoade’s failure to visit the Ooni during a recent trip to Osun State.
The controversy was further fueled by Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, who declared that the Alaafin was superior to all other traditional rulers and titles in Yorubaland.
