Kingmakers dethrone Akure monarch – The Guardian
November 9, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
The four-year reign of Oba Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina, Osupa 111, as the traditional ruler, the Deji of Akure, came to an abrupt end yesterday when the traditional council of kingmakers, the body that installed him on November 26, 2005, declared him as “unfit, unworthy and improper to continue to occupy the cherished and exalted throne” and thereby ordered his immediate dethronement.
In a statement containing the resolution of the Akure Council of Chiefs made available to the press yesterday and signed by 38 high chiefs who included the 17-member traditional council of kingmakers led by Chief Folorunso David, the Olisa and the Prime Minister of the town, it was stated that the Oba, through his actions on the throne, “brought disgrace, dishonour and impudence to the office of the Deji.”
Said to be the first time in the long history of the town that a Deji would be removed from office in such manner, the dethronement of Adesina is believed to have the backing of the elite of Akure, who had watched in amazement at the way the monarch “had brought the throne to ridicule”.
