President Buhari is my child – Oluwo of Iwoland

The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba
Abdulrasheed Akanbi has called on
Nigerians to continue to pray for his
‘child’ President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to him, all the current
government needed from Nigerians
now is prayer and constructive
criticisms.
He spoke in Ibadan, the Oyo State
capital on Monday during the opening
of the Nigeria Union of Journalists
(NUJ), Oyo State Council week themed
“Recession, Restructuring: The Way
Forward”.
The royal father said, said “Even
President Buhari is my child, you must
pray that your child is better than you.
We pray that by their time they will do
better than us. It is not about
Christianity or Islam, because we don’t
have documented history. What we call
Orisa today are heroes. People we
know as hero for example Ogun is the
god of iron, there was iron before Ogun
but Ogun because Ogun made cutlass. I
am not saying we should not celebrate
Ogun but the day you become king, you
don’t worship any god anymore.
“We are not in the 1st century
anymore, what is called witchcraft is
poverty, it is negatively, you will not
see Folorunsho Alakija as witchcraft.
Osi lonje Aje, Aje lonje Osi (It is poverty
that is called witchcraft, witchcraft is
what is called poverty. When there is
so much poverty, the people in poverty
will think that everybody will come to
their level. It is the myth that is killing
African.
“We are all guilty, we have blood in
our hands, when you see people
looking for promotion, they will go to
Alfa, Pastor, Babalawo.
“Unless we stop all these blood
everywhere, we can’t get it right in
Nigeria. Blame yourself and the
superstition, tell me what you were
making before the white men came.
He added that President Muhammadu
Buhari has started war against
corruption in government as he urged
traditional rulers to begin the war in
the traditional institution.
He said “Buhari has started the war on
corruption in government, you need to
start checking corruption in the
traditional institutions.
“Eradicate secret society, do an
enlightenment act. We are dying, is
worse than Boko Haram, it is worse
than disaster.
“A king should not belong to any secret
society, I don’t belong to one. The
meaning of government is Alakoso
(Administrator). And not a society of
kings.
Speaking further, the monarch said he
would continue to challenge the status
quo, stressing that most people who
were in the habit of challenging the
existing belief, are always termed
‘controversial.’
He added, “I must be controversial,
when you are saying the truth, you
must be controversial, things that will
challenge the statusquo. I challenge the
statusquo, that is why I remain
controversial..
Source – Dailypost