The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, have responded to the claim by a former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, that there is a plot to dethrone the monarch.
Makinde and Ladoja spoke with the Nigerian Tribune on Sunday through their aides after the claim by Fayose on his X handle.
Fayose, as earlier reported by The Eagle Online, said Makinde was plotting to remove Ladoja as the Olubadan of Ibadanland.
Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said the government had never contemplated, discussed, or planned such an action.
Oyelade said: “By now, Nigerians know who and what to believe, especially when the information comes from a particular quarter.
“Oyo State Government has never contemplated, discussed, or planned such an action.
“There has to be a credible motive for every government action, and this, coming from the unofficial spokesman of our opponents, is better put in the refuse dump where it belongs.
“Desperate politics foists thoughtless propaganda and reduces democracy into a joke.”
The media aide to Oba Ladoja, Adeola Oloko, also told the Nigerian Tribune that the statement credited to Fayose was an unfounded and baseless rumour.
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Oloko said there is no rift between Makinde and the monarch to warrant such claims.
He said: “It will be most unfortunate if it is not a rumour.
“I don’t see any cause for friction between Governor Makinde and the Olubadan of Ibadanland.”
