Outrage as Obasanjo visits Olota of Ota at his palace and prostrates for him

Criticisms have followed former president Obasanjo prostrating before Olota of Ota when he visited him on September 26, 2023 .

The ex president has been embattled over his ordering traditional rulers to get up to greet him.

There is a public outcry in South West where traditional rulers are revered as direct representatives of the gods.

There have been calls for an apology from him.

Thus a recent video shows him prostrating before the Olota of Ota yesterday has drawn a lot of flaks from keen observers as many see it as the height of hypocritical dispositions by Obasanjo.

The normal practice is that visitors prostrate before kings.

Apart from the condemnation by the Oluwo of Iwo, the Yoruba Council Worldwide has not only threatened to mobilise all market women, youths and leaders of thought to protest against Chief Obasanjo if he did not apologise also made it clear that the Ebora Owu, should be prepared to face ‘untold traditional and legal consequences not limited to filing action at a court of competent jurisdiction for defamation and scandalous libel, if he does not apologise.’

In fact, the Yoruba Council Worldwide has asked that Chief Obasanjo be stripped of all his chieftaincy titles.

For instance, the Ebedi Frontliners Iseyin has declared Chief Obasanjo a persona non grata in any of the Oke-Ogun communities in the event Chief Obasanjo does not apologise unreservedly as quickly as possible.