Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former
Interim Head of State, Ernest Shonekan, joined the Ogun State Governor,
Ibikunle Amosun, on Saturday to resolve the feud among the four traditional
rulers in Egba Kingdom.
Also in attendance were the traditional
rulers Alake of Egbaland, Adedotun Gbadebo; the Osile of Oke-Ona, Adedapo
Tejuoso; the Agura of Gbagura, Halidu Laloko; and the Olowu of Owu, Adesanya
Dosunmu.
A maiden meeting was held on November 3 at the
Government House, Oke-Igbein, Abeokuta, although no public statements were made
then.
The three-men reconciliatory committee set up
by the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, include Mr. Obasanjo, Mr.
Shonekan, and Olatunde Abudu, while the recorder for the meetings is also an
Egba High Chief, Femi Majekodunmi.
A communiqué signed by all parties was read by
Mr. Gbadebo, who stated that the governor expressed his dissatisfaction with
the existing relationship among the prominent monarchs in Egbaland and stated
his desire to ensure that peace and harmony prevailed among them.
Mr. Gbadebo said the governor charged Messrs.
Obasanjo, Shonekan and Abudu to form a committee with the former president as
chairman. The committee is to submit its report on or beforeDecember 31 on the
resolution of the differences. He added that the meetings were frank, open and
candid with all controversial issues discussed.
The communiqué stated that the committee
appealed to the monarchs to place the interest of all Egbas above all personal
or individual interests in accordance with the desire of the governor.
"After achieving what the committee
regarded as full reconciliation on all issues that have been causing rancor and
dissatisfaction among the Obas, the Obas thereby agreed to sink all their
differences and henceforth work together in harmony," the communiqué
stated.
Mr. Obasanjo in his remark
said, "Don’t underplay the reconciliation; I believe all of us in
Egbaland and Ogun State cannot thank Governor Amosun enough. It is divine hand
of God, when Amosun called us together in November 3, we never hoped that we
shall achieve.
"Now, there is no doubt in my mind that
our Kabiyesis are genuine. Wherever human beings are, there are likely to be
friction. When you see machine working, there is friction, and what needs to be
done is to oil it.
"I read the kabiyesis lips and body
language and I can tell you, they are genuine in resolving the friction,"
Mr. Obasanjo added.
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