The Oluwo of Ikeja Land, Chief Adeniyi Illo and Prince Jamiu Folami, throughout the press conference on the kingship crisis in Ikeja Kingdom.

According to a report by The PUNCH, the royal households in Ikeja, the capital of Lagos State, have actually kicked against the nomination of 33-year-old Temitope Ibikunle as the king-designate for the vacant stool of Olu of Ikeja.

Ibikunle, who is of Oshoja Ruling House, was a youth agent on the now-defunct Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters.

The stool of Olu of Ikeja had been vacant for nine years following the demise of Oba Rauf Matemi, Amore 1, who joined his ancestors in October 2014.

Speaking at a news instruction on Friday in Ikeja, leaders of some of the royal families and kingmakers in the kingdom, said that Prince Tajudeen Muritala, who had earlier been revealed as the king-elect, stayed the sole prospect for the throne.

The Oluwo of Ikeja, Chief Adeniyi Illo and Prince Jamiu Folami, who spoke on behalf of others, implicated political leaders of blocking the development of the location by undermining their efforts at setting up the king-elect.

They stated that the problems ought to not have actually degenerated to what it is at present, with the different royal families antagonising one another, if politicians had actually not penetrated the families.

Folami, who denied the claim that Muritala was not a member of any of the royal families, provided an oral historic record that linked him to Iyade and Oshoja households.

The kingmakers gotten in touch with the state government to ensure that the will of the indigenes of Ikeja Kingdom dominated, by authorizing the installation of Prince Muritala as the brand-new king.

Specifically, the Oluwo of Ikeja land raised the alarm that his life remained in threat owing to his stance on the problem.

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