Oyo Assembly Removes Alaafin As Permanent Chairman, Council Of Obas

The Oyo State House of Assembly has reportedly taken a step to make the Alaafin of Oyo, Soun of Ogbomoso, and Olubadan of Ibadanland co-chairmen of the Council of Obas and Chiefs in the state.

A bill to that effect, according to a report by OYOINSIGHT, is pending in the House of Assembly.

The report noted that the Assembly intended to effect an amendment that will see Alaafin share chairmanship with the Ogbomoso and Ibadan monarchs.

The report stated that in the new proposed bill, titled Council of Obas and Chiefs (further amendment) bill, 2025, sponsored by five lawmakers including the Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin, the Assembly is set to pass into law an arrangement that “the Chairmanship of the Council shall be permanent and concurrent to the Alaafin of Oyo, Olubadan of Ibadan and Soun of Ogbomoso.”.

The bill also mandates that “in any meeting of the Council, the Alaafin of Oyo shall preside, in the absence of Alaafin of Oyo, the Olubadan of Ibadan shall preside. If both Alaafin of Oyo and Olubadan of Ibadan are absent, the Soun of Ogbomoso shall preside,” the report said.

This report added that the move by the State Assembly to split the permanent chairmanship of the council between three monarchs does not sit well with many members of the state council, particularly the Oke-Ogun Council of Obas and Chiefs.