The 75 Coronet monarchs installed by Senator Ibikunle Amosun, close to the end of his tenure as Ogun state governor, has vehemently kicked against Kemta Council of Chiefs who describe them as baales, as against being obas.
This is coming as Kemta Council of Chiefs, suspended Adetokunbo Tejuoso(Adabonyin of Orile Kemta) one of the coronet obas whom the chiefs claimed was installed as Baale, and not an Oba.
Kemta Chiefs further claim though the immediate past adminisration in Ogun, promoted 75 baales to the rank of Obas in May 2019, the present adminisration of Prince Dapo Abiodun faulted the process by which the baales were promoted and were asked to be demoted to their former state of baales.
This the Coronets kicked against and went to court, court gave its rulings, stating ‘Status quo’ should remain.
Status quo to the Kemtas meant the coronets should refrain from addressing themselves as obas, but as baales, while the monarchs concerned says status quo means they should maintain their obaship stand until furher rulings and they have since been addressing themselves as monarchs and not baales anymore.
The stand remain unquestioned until recently when Tejuoso was arrested over romance scam, consequent upon which the Kemta Chiefs suspended him as baale and maintained sternly the embattled baale is no king just as every other coronet, they are baales.
Reacting contrarily on behalf of the coronets, Oba Tanimowo Folarin; Olu of Ijebu Mushin who doubles as secretary of the 75 coronets, said he would not have responded to the Kemta chiefs over Adabonyin, were it not for their referring to the coronet obas as baales.
Talking about status quo, Oba Tanimowo said, ‘’ The 75 obas were appointed May 13, 2019, revocation was 6th February, 2020. Therefore, Status quo means they still remain recognized king pending the determination of the suit.Consequently, Tanimowo frowns at a particular media outfit named News update online, who he claim fail to do preliminary information before going to press and acting on misinformation.
He therefore advice media outfis to embark on proper investigation before dissemination of any information.
