Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, has denied reports that he rejected a chieftaincy title from the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, Ajeogungunniso I.
A report in a gossip column of a national newspaper had claimed that Tinubu turned down the conferment of a chieftaincy title of Balogun on him to mark the monarch’s first anniversary on the throne.
ThisDay recently reported that Tinubu snubbed the ceremony in favour of the opening of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s presidential library in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The paper said the 64-year-old was not favourably disposed to the calibre of some recipients of traditional titles from the Olubadan.
But in a statement released on Monday by Tinubu Media Office, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain said he holds the Olubadan in a very high esteem and could not have rejected a chieftaincy offer from him.
He said in the statement: “The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, is one traditional ruler I have tremendous respect for. I was there in Ibadan last year for his installation.
“I hold him in high esteem. Governor Abiola Ajimobi also has respect for him. Why I would I reject the offer of a chieftaincy title from him?”
