The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, on Friday, denied writing to Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to solicit for support for a proposed wedding in Kano State.
A letter had gone viral on the internet, where the royal father had purportedly solicited money for the Kano wedding.
The letter, dated February 8, 2022, addressed to Oyetola, was received on behalf of the governor, by the office of the Special Adviser to the governor on Chieftaincy Affairs.
The letter had read in parts, “I have the instruction of the His Imperial Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo, to notify you of Oluwo’s decision to marry a princess from Kano Emirate, to be precise, Ado Bayero Dynasty.
“I wish to remind Your Excellency that this kind of royal wedding within two notable traditional institutions in Nigeria will require huge expenses, which necessitate the support of the state government financially, even logistically.”
But reacting to the purported letter, the Chief Press Secretary to Oluwo, Alli Ibraheem, said the palace did not author any such letter.
Ibraheem said, “We didn’t author any letter. The letterhead you saw is not the one used by Oluwo. Moreso, if Baba will write government, it will carry his signature.”
Recall that the Oluwo’s marriage to his Jamaican wife, Ms. Chanel Chin, had crashed in December 2019.
