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| Oluwo of Iwo |
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba
Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has warned monarchs in Yoruba land to stop worshipping
idols, instead they should worship the Almighty God
The embattled monarch, currently
involved in a legal battle, also urged traditional rulers to provide assistance
and encouragement to their subjects in view of the present economic situation
in the country.
The Oluwo, who insisted that his
colleagues must throw away the various idols in their palaces because God hates
idolatry, added that God would not help any town whose monarch worshipped other
gods.
The Iwo monarch stated that
people should be able to come to palaces and pray to God, saying this would not
be until the monarchs rid their palaces of strange gods.
“Our palaces must be clean and
devoid of any idol. There is authority in the mouth of any monarch who is clean
and who shuns idol worshiping. Our palaces must be devoid of idols,” he told
Punch.
“I removed the ‘Ogun Odela’ in
front of my palace and asked them to take it to Ogundigba (far from the palace)
because of this. This happened about two weeks ago.
“Oba must not kneel down before
anybody to pray. This is a message or a warning to all the kings and let me
tell them that their palaces are the habitation of God on earth. God was
dwelling with us before churches and mosques were built”, he added.
Oba Akanbi said the era of
monarchs sitting back in their palaces and expecting their subjects to bring
tributes to them was long over.
He said Oduduwa became the
greatest king in Yoruba land because of his love and service to the people,
stressing that there had not been any leader like Oduduwa because kings had not
been serving their people the way Oduduwa did.
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