ONIPOKIA DISSOCIATES SELF FROM PARAMOUNT RULERSHIP TUSSLE
REJOINDER The attention of Onipokia-in-Council has been drawn to a publication entitled "Onipokia Renews Bid for Paramount Status in Yewa Traditional Council vis a vis The Olofin of Ado and Erikiti Kingdoms Nexus" by one Mr. Kabir Olawale Alagbe, published in ado-odo-history-blogspot.com, on September 29, 2020. In the said article, Mr. Alagbe had based his assumption on the historical facts contained in a write-up titled “SIGNIFICANCE OF IPOKIA IN EGBADO (YEWA DIVISION)” published in Ogun State’s Magazine – “SPECIAL REPORT ON TOURISM POTENTIALS OF OGUN STATE: NIGERIA HERITAGE” Vol. 7 No. 3, 2020, dedicated to the Coronation Ceremony of the 46th Onipokia of Ipokia Kingdom. The write-up was never intended to renew Onipokia's bid for Paramountcy as claimed by Mr. Alagbe, but to highlight and promote Ipokia's rich history and heritage as was done in the series of pamphlets published during the previous Ipokia events. Undeniably, there are elements of facts in his artic...