By Modupe Gbadeyanka
The Ooni of Ife, Mr Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has dissociated himself from the fire incident that occurred on Tuesday at the palace of Oba of Lagos, Mr Rilwan Akiolu.
Spokesman of the Ooni’s palace, Mr Moses Olafare, informed Premium Times when contacted that the incident has nothing to do with the respected Yoruba traditional ruler as being speculated in some quarters.
Last week, Mr Akiolu was seen to have disrespected the spiritual leader of the Yoruba race at an event in Lagos.
About seven days after that incident, many are insinuating that the gods were retaliating for the alleged disrespect.
But Mr Olafare said the Ooni is really devastated about the unfortunate occurrence at the Oba of Lagos’ palace on Tuesday.
“We are not happy over the fact that the palace of Lagos king got burnt, we can only sympathise with the palace on the development,” he told Premium Times.
“People are entitled to their own views,” he said.
“But what people say doesn’t mean that is the position of the palace.
“What happened is mere coincidence and should not be traced to the incident in Lagos, we send our sympathies,” he added.
Adedapo Adesanya