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Ooni Adeyeye Urge Yorubas To See Themselves As A Big Family With Same Sources

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Ooni of Ife has called on Yorubas to see themselves as one big family from the same origin.
News  Rain Nigeria reports that the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi Ojaja II has called on all the Yorubas to always see themselves as one big family from the same source which is Ile – Ife.
The Arole Oduduwa, according to a statement signed and issued by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Comrade Moses Olafare stressed that all towns and settlements across Yorubaland have their roots in Ife, Ooni Ogunwusi noted that objective research has equally revealed that the Yoruba people of South-West Nigeria have the oldest DNA, which is about 120,000 years.

Ooni Re-Echoes Yoruba Unity, As Ekiti, Awori, Moba Indigenes Visit Ancestral Home

The highly revered monarch made the call at his Ile Oodua Palace, Ile-Ife, while playing host to indigenes of Otun-Ekiti and descendants of Olofin Ogunfunminire, who visited Ile-Ife to reunite with their root.
Among the traditional rulers who paid a visit to the Ooni of Ife in his Ile Oodua Palace were the Ajero of Ijero-Ekiti, Oba Joseph Adewole, Akeran Onimoba of Moba in Lagos state, Oba Razak Aliu Adisa, Alagbado of Agbado, Ogun State, Oba Adeayo Syllon,  Aare OnaKakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams and Regent of Iseri-Olofin in Lagos.
Ooni who also played host to Olota of Ota, Lagos State, Oba Abdul-Ganiyy Obalenge, and other monarchs led several Awori chiefs and indigenes to Ife, during which the Ooni launched the Olofin Nations Assembly, to unite all Awori indigenes, who are descendants of Olofin Ogunfunminire.
A copy of the statement which was made available to the News Rain Nigeria correspondent quoted the Ooni of Ife to have said that there is nothing like Yoruba in Ifa corpus, it is like an alias given to us. We are all from Ile-Ife, we are ara’fe. Scientifically it has been proven that only the Yorubas that have the ghost DNA which gave the emergence to the likes of the sickle cell over 90 percent of sickle cell history and genealogy is within us and our forbearance call them Abiku. The spirit and reincarnation of the ghost spirit. You can hardly find that in the world.
“At some point, we once lived together as one big happy family and the likes of Oore of Otun played a pivotal role as the spokesperson of Oduduwa, our progenitor, the thinking and thinktank. We started the Parliamentary system.
“The meaning of Ajero is the Parliamentary structure where you debate so this formed part of the things we are re-establishing today. We are reestablishing everything in Yoruba land today like the kingship system and the dynasty of Oyo, Benin, Ila, and others.
“Ila championed the Igbomina people being headed by Ifagbamila one of the sons of Oduduwa.” The Ooni explained.
While addressing newsmen, the Oore of Otun-Ekiti and Paramount Ruler of the Moba people in Ekiti, Lagos and Kwara states, Oba Adekunle Adeagbo, who led hundreds of his subjects to Ile-Ife, described the event as a historic homecoming for sons and daughters of Otun-Ekiti and other Moba towns across Yorubaland. He added that it was equally done to celebrate the ongoing five-year coronation anniversary of the Ooni of Ife who is the overall head of the Oodua race worldwide.
“Historically like you have heard from our father, Ooni himself, we migrated from Ile-Ife to our current locations in Ekiti, Kwara, and Lagos states. We decided to visit our home, Ile-Ife again to pay homage to my father the Ooni, and reconnect with our ancestors.
Oba Adekunle said, this is my first homecoming as the Oore of Otun-Ekiti and it won’t be the last,  stressed that Ooni is a father to all of us in Yoruba land and we shall continue to rally round him.
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