Ooni of Ife Oba Enitan Ogunwusi has alleged that the Oluwo of Iwo Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi sent him away “like a child” the last time he visited the Iwo monarch.
“When I visited Oluwo, he chased me out like a child, since that incident, I have always maintained myself going close to him. Now that you people (attendees) are imploring that I visit him again, what if he does what he likes to me?” Oba Ogunwusi said in a trending video on TikTok on Sunday.
“But I have to contain his excesses as an elder, although I am a young person sitting on the throne of the elders. Oluwo, I greet you.”
It is believed that Oluwo’s anger towards the Ooni is due to the latter’s engagement with traditional worshippers.
Oba Akanbi frequently says he only believes in God, classifying traditionalists as idol worshippers.
In 2018, the Oluwo alleged that Oba Ogunwusi ordered his bodyguard to push him out of the way during a meeting of traditional rulers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, an allegation which the Ooni denied.
According to Akanbi, the incident happened at Hotel Presidential in the oil-rich city.
He said it occurred just as the Ooni was called to the podium to give a vote of thanks.
