The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Adewale Akanbi is enmeshed in fresh controversy as the League of Imams and Alfas in the South-West, Edo and Delta are brimming in anger over the Oluwo’s move to install Yaquob Abdul-Baki Mohammed as the Waziri of the entire Yorubaland.

Oba Adewale Akanbi

Be that as it may, Sheikh Jamiu Bello, President, League of Imams and Alfas, South-West, Edo and Delta States, in a letter to the Oluwo of Iwo said…  “The proposed installation of the said recipient by your Highness as the Waziri of Iwo land is no doubt the result of your avowed commitment to the development of Islam, the Iwo Community and Osun State in general.”

“However, it is our considered hope that your Highness should as a matter of urgency correct the rumours making the round that the organisers of this event are trying to overblow the ceremony to capture the entire Yorubaland. This is not right. If such should be, it has to come through due process as we know you to be a man of honour, protocol and due process.”

“To this end, we urge Your Highness to immediately call the organisers of the event to limit it to Waziri of Iwo land which your Highness has concluded arrangement to bestow on the recipient.”