The recommendation of the blueblood is the first oracle consideration worldwide. A Babalawo and ifa chief priest, awosoga famurewa narrated.
According to the Ifa priest,
The method of original “ifa consultation on kingship is the same globally. There’s nothing new about it. It has always been the same from time immemorial.
In a throne’s ascension in yoruba-land, the only condition that warrant “Ifa” priests to consult on more than ten people is if they are all siblings.
As long as all the conteders are from different branches of the ruling House, their bloods can never be the same, and that is where chanellisaton comes in.
In the case of oyo. The ruling House (Agunloye) is synonymous with alaafin Siyanbola oladigbolu, being the grandson of the Late Alaafin Abdul rahman adelu Agunloye
Adelu’s last name is the name on the documents of oyo State chieftaincy Declaration as one of the officially ratified ruling houses in oyo alaafin.
Alaafin Adelu’s grandson, oba siyanbola onikepe oladigbolu, ruled between 1911-1944 . Then his first son, Oba Bello gbadegesin, succeeded his father as Alaafin of oyo until his demise in 1968. The late oba Lamidi, the successor of oba gbadegesin, passed away on the 22nd of April 2022 after 53 years on the throne.
Now, the rotational vehicle is back at the garage of Agunloye ruling house waiting for a new driver to enjoy a smooth and safe driving till nature calls
Who should the new driver be traditionally ? Very simple.
First of all, let me be evasive so that my illustrations will be unbiased and clearly understood even by a 10 years old child.
- If the late Alaafin siyanbola oladigbolu still has living sons , Will anyone challenge them, No, except they are not qualified.
- If Alaafin ladigbolu has living grandsons, are they the first consideration ? Yes.
- If none of them is qualified, who should be considered ? Alaafin ladigbolu great-grandsons
- If none of them is qualified , who should be considered? Great, great-grandsons
Our statistics above revealed that we have four batches of oracle consultation procedures.
Batch A : Sons
Batch B : Grandsons
Batch C : Great grandsons
Batch D : Great, great-grandsons
The Ifa consultation shall be carried out with Batch A first. Only if none of them is worthy to be king. You can move to the second batch, which is Batch B, and continue with the other batches until you get your final answer as the new Alaafin of oyo. All this can be done in less than 72 hours. ai gb’ofa la un wo oke, ifa kan ko si ni para.
Any other method of consultation apart from this will undoubtedly result in chaos.
You can’t gather the contenders all together without extraction of maternal princes , those with a living father and also those whose father/grandfather/ Great grandfather has never ruled before as an Alaafin before ; for oracle consultation simply because the kingmakers have collected money from them. It will lead to problems. Yes.
The candidate who bribed his way through the kingmakers and his entire family felt on batch C. Oyo and the oyos can’t say they don’t know.
Some of the kingmakers who insisted on needles of ifa consultation knew that they wouldn’t be favoured by the ancestors. It is doubtful that their legal juganut , Sobaloju SAN, haven’t advised them, but no one can blame a lawyer for perfecting his/her perfection. SAN, for that matter. Being a SAN is not a child’s play-game .
We only heard about a person who bribed his way simply because the deal wasn’t well planned. If it was properly planned, oyo would have celebrated a one year coronation anniversary . There are more contenders that will voice out after the announcement. The kingmakers should start thinking of how to mollify some princes with a grand refund.
Awosoga Famurewa. (Kooso, oyo)
