Pahayi Community Appeals to Oba Olugbenle Over Baale’s Appointment

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• Pahayi Community Appeals to Oba Olug

  The people of Pahayi Community in Yewa South Local Government area of

  Ogun State have called on the Paramount Ruler of Yewaland, Oba Kehinde

  Gbadewole Olugbenle, and the Olu-in-Council to as a matter of public

  importance consider the implementation of the Fadairo-led report on

  Baaleship tussle in Pahayi without delay and support the community’s plan

  to install a democratically chosen Baale.

  The call as contained in a statement signed by the Secretary of the

  indigenes of the town under the aegis of the Pahayi Connecting Minds

  Engr. Alani Akanbi, noted that the Paramount ruler constituted a committee

  led by High Chief Fadairo (SAN) to look into the matter about the Baaleship

  tussle in Pahayi, where all the concerned families and bodies were called

  upon to give accounts, in which Kuudu, Fayomi & Olugbensi Ruling House

  of Pahayi was unanimously confirmed as the families to produce the new

  Baale of Pahayi-Yewa.

  However, the non-implementation of the report submitted to His Royal

  Majesty, Oba Kehinde Olugbenle, by the Fadairo led Committee stalled the

  process, thus sparking protests in the town recently.

  Alani called on Paramount Ruler not to be afraid of any group of people to

  do the right thing at the right time, adding: “You are the paramount ruler of

  Yewaland, and father of all.

  He said it is the turn of Kuudu Family to nominate the candidate for the

  throne and this has been approved by the consenting authority to the stool

  according to the provisions of the Pahayi Chieftaincy rules.

  The secretary said by tradition and custom of Pahayi, only a person who is

  of Pahayi origin and or descendants of Kuudu as the prescribed authority

  could be made Baale of Pahayi.

  He added that the history of Pahayi confirmed the tradition and affirmed

  that the Baale of Pahayi shall be of Pahayi/Kuudu descendant /origin.

  The association however, expressed concern that many years after the

  demise of the Late Baale, the Paramount Ruler was yet to appoint and

  give instrument of office to the new Baale of Pahayi land.

  According to Alani, the continued recognition of the Igbimo Ilu Pahayi

  without a Baale amounted to an outright denial of the community’s

  • inalienable right to determine and select substantive traditional ruler of the

    town.

    He said the continued nonexistence of the traditional ruler had created

    mistrust and disaffection in the area, resulting to bottled-up anger that is

    capable of causing breakdown of law and order.

    While appealing to the Paramount Ruler of Yewaland, Oba Kehinde

    Gbadewole Olugbenle, and the Olu-in-Council to consider Pahayi

    Baaleship in the next chieftancy ceremony to be held in April this year,

    urged Oba Olugbenle to check the records, the association alleged that

    some powerful individuals in Pahayi and environs had compromised with

    some Government officials to subvert the wish of the people of the

    community, but we believe in your authority and what you stand for, that

    justice shall prevail.
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