Attah of Aiyede Kingdom to install a Fulani as chief

Amidst ethnic profiling in Southern Nigeria, one of 16 highest-ranking kings in Ekiti State and Attah of Aiyede Kingdom, Oba Alhaji Abdulmumini Adebayo Orishagbemi, is set to install a Fulani man as one of his chiefs.

His Media and Publicity Consultant, Prince Bashir Adefaka, dropped the hint on Thursday in Lagos in a statement forwarded to Solacebase.

According to the king’s spokesman, “His Royal Majesty Oba Alhaji Abdulmumini Adebayo Orishagbemi is naturally a detribalised Yoruba man that has seen it all to know there is no gain in tribalism, regardless of what anybody says.”

Solacebase reports that Aiyede community is a notable kingdom in Yoruba Land with historical proof and many tribes that made it up that include Yoruba, Fulani, Ebira and Nupe among others.

“Kabiyesi has never pretended about his connection with Nigeria and has always warned people to treat a criminal as criminal not to trace his tribe and religion as it makes no sense but causes destabilization,” Adefaka said in the statement.

The statement said Ekiti State was one of Yoruba Land with more of ethnic profiling against Fulani Nigerians especially under Ayo Fayose as governor. But the state is equally the one where Suleiman Akinbami, an oil and gas magnate widely said to have been kidnapped by Fulani herdsmen, granted an interview in PUNCH and declared that his kidnappers were Yoruba people.

‘’There are more of Ekiti State people including their Governor Kayode Fayemi, who has taken the lead in making Nigerians realise the nature of criminality as one with no claim of tribe and religion. One of them is Attah Orishagbemi,” said the statement.