The Palace of Oba Lekan Balogun Alli Okunmade II has admitted administrative error in the appointment of three Jaguns into two ruling lines of Olubadan stool.
FreshPage recalled that appointment letters of Jagun Balogun were issued to the trio of Mogaji Dotun Sanusi, Mogaji Remi Babalola and Mogaji Abiola Suraji. Olubadan did not admitted error in the letters issued but affirmed its cancellation.
“Following the controversies trailing the appointment of Jagun in the two ruling lines of Olubadan chieftaincy title, (Olubadan and Balogun), the three letters to have purportedly emanated from the Palace have been cancelled.
“Three letters, two for Jagun Balogun and one for Jagun Olubadan were flying in the social media on Tuesday. Yet, there currently exist only two vacancies in the two lines, one apiece,” it was stated in the statement.
“Oba Balogun however assured the prospective Jaguns to see the development as a temporary measure and not the end of the road, stressing that the vacancies are still there and would be filled in due course.
“He enjoined them to remain calm while the errors are corrected with a promise that the cancellation would not amount to denial,” the statement added.