Senator Remi Tinubu May Be Guilty of Court Contempt over Oloto of Otto Stool~ Dr. Akinlade Babafemi: African Narrators
The news broke Saturday night that a courier and government official brought a well protected memo to the palace at Ijora and that what many suspected had eventually been penned .It was a specific one .
An unknown man said to be a courier gave the phone to many senior officials and many we hear were forced to attend to this document. We have been alerted since February 2022 to this unseen hands seemingly forcing the hands of many supposedly senior government officials and traditional rulers alike. The name on the lips of many pulling the strings at the other end of the phone was alleged to be Senator Oluremi Tinubu. She is alleged to be interested in the Oloto of Otto stool for an aide of hers. We had alerted the government to the outright contempt of such a desperate act with the existence of many court orders and rulings on the matter. The main nerve of the Oloto Royal family called Oloto Royals took to Punch newspapers on February 14 2022 to enlighten the government on the issues involved if it refused to read its own rules.
The next in line to produce the Oloto of Otto is the Baalo Ruling house. It is a government white paper and law in Lagos state. Why will a Senator of the federal government and Nigerian nation embark on such a travesty and desecration of the judgment of their Lordships and seek to impose her aide on the Oloto Royal family. This particular aide is not even a member of the Baalo Ruling house and hence unqualified to represent the Baalo Ruling house. We can’t say more other than wonder why government will choose to break the law of the state. The Senator needs to clear the air. She has been mentioned and touted in this act as the main promoter of the intended illegal imposition.
It must have hard for many good people to say No to these schemes. The Oba of Lagos must be commended for being the only one who has reportedly dared the voice at the other end of the courier ‘s phone that he is not in support of the evil plot. He was quoted to have said that Oloto family has laws guiding it and he will never be a part of the criminal act of imposition of an outsider on the Otto stool.
The danger at this point is in the high tension silently being built by the persistence of those involved in evil act. It is spreading fast and civility is being eroded. Otto has a bad security report . The state government is aware of this. It is a melting point of many area zealots. The government knows the attendant security issues if a public protest against the planned illegal imposition is carried out. The youths of Otto were the ones who resisted the destruction wave of mindless protesters during the EndSars protests ably courted by government at that period. That defence is worth a book on its own.These youths defended the sensitive government interests from LAWMA, NIPOST, Iddo market, and police formations in the area. The reader should imagine what could have been the consequences if Otto goes into turmoil.
Why will government choose such illegal path when it even knows the details of the contempt proceedings that may likely follow.Are they not reading these files. Why will impunity be a method of the lawkeepers.
This illegal move will also awaken the other aborigines of the state as to the nature of governance in Lagos state. Why will a state government choose anarchy and impunity in a matter like this . Oloto of Otto stool is the most ancient stool is Lagos state and the biggest land owning family in Lagos. We can read in-between the lines as to the motives of those pushing this criminal act. Lagos state indigenous peoples have been the big base of the Asiwaju Tinubu Presidential bid. We do not want to be a factor of its fall. We have employed civility in rejection of the illegal move. We will continue to do so. I can however not vouch for anyone The government should blame itself for any eventual breakdown of law and order.
The business of chieftaincy in Lagos state will get messier no doubt once the criminal act goes on. We hear government is going to build another palace elsewhere to bypass the specific injunction that bars anyone from using the palace. The profiteers are already in celebration mood praising the impunity in use. They have resorted to mocking the general Oloto family that Yeye will order everyone to do her bidding. I write this in the midst of many dead threats for my stand on this matter.i have had cause to notify the DSS office in the cause of these matters. Our stool and heritage cannot be bought and neither it is for sale.
The Baalo Ruling house had to commence legal proceedings against the aide in question and the government was duly notified in many letters to shed light on this matter that may hurt the reputation of Asiwaju Tinubu if it goes ahead. There is so much packed against them in legal cases and public anger. You don’t need this at all. You do not need to wash away the goodwill. It is not done. Otto has a different history. We are alerting citizens of Lagos state, the ministry of justice, the inspector general of police and the Registrar of titles in the land ministry. Whatever the scheme is will not stand. Our heritage will not succumb to such a low plot. Our forefathers are a devoted cultural lot. May their spirits be awakened in every true indigene of Lagos state.