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When, in 1952, apartheid tyranny sought to force him to choose between his Chieftaincy and his membership of the ANC, he said, simply, "a chief is primarily a servant of his people".
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When, in 1952, apartheid tyranny sought to force him to choose between his Chieftaincy and his membership of the ANC, he said, simply, "a chief is primarily a servant of his people".
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Then, when the tyrants stripped him of his Chieftaincy, he spoke of the uncertain future ahead of him, whose only certainty was that he would continue to be a servant of the people.
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Then, when the tyrants stripped him of his Chieftaincy, he spoke of the uncertain future ahead of him, whose only certainty was that he would continue to be a servant of the people.
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Chieftaincy disputes were already being looked at, he said.
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The court presided over by Justice R A Siyanbola declared that the appointment of Oba Bibire by the Ila-Orangun kingmakers was not in conformity with the directive of the Osun state government and the 1979 Chieftaincy declaration governing the appointment of Orangun of Ila-Orangun.
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The court presided over by Justice R A Siyanbola declared that the appointment of Oba Bibire by the Ila-Orangun kingmakers was not in conformity with the directive of the Osun state government and the 1979 Chieftaincy declaration governing the appointment of Orangun of Ila-Orangun.
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Justice Siyanbola who based his judgment on the non conformity of the appointment of Bibire with the 1979 Chieftaincy Declaration governing the appointment of Orangun also averred that the kingmakers erred by not following the directive of Ifa oracle which is a condition precedent in the appointment of Orangun.
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Chieftaincy, a revered traditional institution, has painfully but remarkably survived the colonial and post-colonial evolutions in
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But some of the kingmakers, who were in support of Adegoroye, have said the result of the election was not made public to them as stipulated by the Chieftaincy Declaration of the town.
Nigerian Tribune Akure Yinka Oladoyinbo 2010
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