Family warns Ladoja of crisis over attempt to impose Mogaji

The Olufadegin family of Alekuso, Ibadan South-East Local Government Area of Oyo State has accused the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, of attempting to impose Fatai Omosanjo Amzat as the family’s Mogaji, warning that the move could trigger a crisis within the lineage.

The allegation was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by Elder Dauda Adesina on behalf of the family in Ibadan, Oyo state.

The family appealed to the monarch to withdraw Amzat’s name from the list of proposed compound heads to be installed, insisting that the selection of a Mogaji is an internal family affair. 

The statement recalled that the last Mogaji of the Olufadegin family was the late Seriki Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji Yekini Adeojo, who died on April 4, 2025.

Adeojo was also a former Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the party’s governorship candidate in Oyo State.

According to the family, the contest to succeed the late Mogaji was between Akeem Adeojo and Amzat, with Adeojo emerging victorious in the first election conducted under the supervision of the Mogaji Committee.

It, however, alleged that Amzat rejected the result, prompting a second election, which ended in a tie.

The family said: “Selection of Mogaji is within the family, and we have two contestants namely Akeem Adeojo and Fatai Omosanjo Amzat.

“In the first election, Akeem Adeojo defeated Fatai Omosanjo Amzat. But he (Fatai Omosanjo Amzat) disagreed. 

“We went for another election which resulted to draw-draw.”

The statement further alleged that instead of allowing a third ballot to resolve the contest, one of the family elders, Lateef Busari, sought to influence the process in favour of Amzat.

It added: “Instead of going for third one, one of our elders, Lateef Busari, in the family wanted him (Omosanjo Amzat) to be the candidate chosen, and said he would go at any length even to meet the traditional ruler one on one as well as using his personal relationship with the monarch to influence Omosanjo’s emergence.”

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