The Owu traditionalists, comprising Aloje Owu,Abore Owu, Oluwos and other Chiefs, have called on kingmakers in Owu, to remain circumspect in their choice of a new Olowu for Owu community in Abeokuta.
Penpushing reports that, the groups made the appeal in a communiqué issued at the end of their meeting, with same call extended to former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, who is the Balogun Owu
The bodies posited that the Aloje and Imogbo leaders in whose custody are the ancestral crown, obelisk and insignia with which an Olowu must be decorated at the mandatory traditional seclusion, insist the practice must be adhered to by any Olowu- elect.
The Aloje Owu, Alhaji Babatunde Adio Ojerinde, lamented that for some time past, the tradition and cultures of Owu people, particularly those that relate with the selection and crowning of Oba Olowu in Abeokuta have been trampled upon by admixture of westernised religions to the detriment of Owu culture, values and traditional heritage.
Penpushing further reports that, they explained that this has castrated the inherent spirituality, credibility and obeisance with which Olowu’s palace and the occupant are treated, pointing out that Owu people and their cultures and values are unique and cannot be compared with others,.
“Ajise bi Owu laari, Owu kiise bi enikankan” meaning Owu people and their cultures and values are unique and cannot be compared with others, Aloje Ojerinde emphasised.
The groups emphasized that, Aloje Owu, according to oral history, was Olowu Ajibosin’s uncle who cared and nurtured him to adulthood and crowned him with the bequeathed crown from Oduduwa.
‘Aloje’s house had then become part of the pre-conditional threshold for every Olowu elect before his official installation and any Olowu who does not follow this precept is nude’, they stated.
Penpushing also reports that, Ojerinde pleaded with Balogun Owu to encourage the Owu kingmakers to enlist the commitment and adherence of any candidate desirous of the Owu throne and to the traditional procedure, explaining,only the candidate who is ready for the traditional obligations can be Olowu.
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