The Oluwo of Iwo , Oba Adewale Akanbi, has alleged that the Ooni of Ife , Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi , ordered his bodyguard to push him out of the way during the meeting of traditional rulers in the country held in Port Harcourt , the Rivers State capital .

Oba Akanbi made the allegation in a statement , a copy of which was made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Friday .

The Oluwo claimed that the incident happened on Tuesday at the Hotel Presidential when the Ooni was called to the podium to give a vote of thanks.

The statement read, “The bodyguard of the Ooni of Ife , Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi , in what seemed to be an errand message , pushed Oluwo at the public gathering of the first-class paramount rulers held at the Presidential Hotel, Port Harcourt , the capital of Rivers State last Tuesday .

“ Dignitaries at the event were taken aback by what they considered as a desecration of the crown as the bodyguard of the Ooni pushed a first-class paramount ruler , Oluwo.

“ As shown in the pictures , the Ooni was called to make a vote of thanks as the Oluwo was engaging the Minister of Interior , Abdulrahman Dambazau , who came to represent President Muhammadu Buhari .

“ While the Ooni was coming to his seat, his security guard descended on the Oluwo and asked him to give way or he would push him . Oluwo tried to plead with him to be patient , but he (bodyguard ) resisted. He then pushed the Oluwo.

“ The monarch excused himself in order to maintain peace . The Ooni was observing and he felt satisfied with the action of his guard . Oluwo stepped aside and thereafter revisited his conversation with the minister . ”

But the Ooni , while reacting to the allegation in a statement issued by his Director of Public Affairs , Mr. Moses Olafare , described the claims of the Oluwo as untrue .

Olafare said , “There was no altercation between Oluwo and anybody at that venue at all .

“ Kabiyesi Ooni went to make his speech in his capacity as a co-chairman of the National Council of Traditional Rulers . On his way back to the seat right beside the representative of the President, General Dambazau ( retd. ), on sighting Oluwo who had come to the high table to take pictures with some dignitaries while the programme was still ongoing , he waited for some minutes to allow Oluwo leave the way to his seat. ”

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