
Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has berated British Broadcasting Company (BBC) for distorting Yoruba historical past.
The monarch, reacting to BBC’s documentary in a press release yesterday, stated Yoruba historical past was distorted about the one feminine Ile-Ife monarch, Iya Luwo Gbagida.
He stated: “It’s crucial for us to react to the BBC story earlier than it consumes and kinds the idea for historic data of harmless little kids of Yoruba land.
“We wish to state that her right title is Luwo Gbagida, not Luwo Gbagidi. As towards the report printed by BBC Yoruba, Iya Luwo Gbagida by no means bore the title of Ooni, however Alaafin translated it to Olofin in Ile-Ife language. Oduduwa used the title of Alaafin.
“Oduduwa conquered Ife and used the Alaafin title after the conquest. The title of Ooni was first utilized by the second ruler of Ife, Obamakin Osangangan, as a result of they have been of the shrine priesthood lineage.”
Oluwo continued: “Samuel Johnson, a freed slave traced to Oyo origin, was the one which used the title Ooni for all Ife kings in order to not rival the king of his ancestral house. Luwo Gbagida was the sixteenth Alaafin of Ife, not the twenty first as erroneously reported by BBC Yoruba.
“Equally, Adekola Telu was by no means the primary Oluwo. The primary Oluwo was Olumade Paarin, who was instructed by Luwo to not put on the crown, besides when he sees the place parrots are hatching.”