Ogun govt, Ijebu Chiefs clash over Awujale Council as succession crisis deepens.
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…State reconstitutes AIAC, insists Adele Oba Awujale group lacks legal backing By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta A fresh controversy has erupted over the administration of Ijebuland following the decision of the Ogun State government to reconstitute the Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council (AIAC), barely a day after traditional chiefs in Ijebu-Ode announced the dissolution of the council and its replacement with the Adele Oba Awujale in Council.
The development has exposed a disagreement between the state government and some traditional authorities over the appropriate legal and customary structure for administering Ijebuland pending the appointment and coronation of a new Awujale.
While the government insists that the AIAC remains the only legally recognised administrative body authorised to oversee the affairs of Ijebuland during the interregnum, the traditional chiefs maintain that the Adele Oba Awujale in Council is rooted in the customs and established traditional practices of the Ijebu people. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Ganiyu Hamzat, the state government said the withdrawal of some members of the AIAC did not invalidate the council or confer legal authority on another body to take over its responsibilities. The government described the AIAC, established in August 2025, as the only legally recognised administrative structure empowered to manage the administrative and traditional affairs of Ijebuland until a new Awujale is appointed and crowned.
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