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The newly-installed Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, has clarified that he holds no grudge against Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his reference to him as a “brother.”

This was disclosed by a professor of religion, Prof. Pius Abioje, in a video shared on TikTok, where he recounted a phone conversation with the monarch.

According to Abioje, when asked if he was upset with Obi, Oba Ladoja responded:

“No, who said that? Why should I be angry with Peter Obi calling me his brother and friend? Am I not his brother and friend?”

The monarch reportedly went further to invoke a Yoruba proverb: “It is somebody who does not want to have a king as a friend that would not want his friend to become a king.”

The clarification comes after Obi faced criticism from some public figures, including social commentator, Reno Omokri, and broadcaster, Oriyomi Hamzat, who argued that desc

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