ABEOKUTA: The Coronet Yoruba Youth Leaders; an umbrella body for ‘Yoruba Traditional Youth Leaders Chiefs’ has called on Yoruba traditional rulers to stay away from partisan politics and any other act that can relegate the institution of Obaship.
The Youth Leader General of the group, Chief Jimoh Olawale Taofeek, gave the admonition, while reacting to the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s command to some traditional rulers in Oyo State last week. Chief Jimoh noted “that the Obas, who are the custodian of our culture and tradition can be maturely corrected without humiliation in order not to relegate our heritage.
He added that “there was no constitutional role given to traditional rulers in Nigeria Constitution since 1979”.
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