Afolabi Olaoye prior to this, was the Pastor of RCCG, Jesus House, Washington DC, USA
By Kehinde Okeowo
A United States-based Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) former pastor, Prince Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, has finally emerged as the new Soun of Ogbomoso.
The stool became vacant in December 2021, following the demise of Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, who passed away at the age of 95 after reigning for 48 years.
The selection of Laoye initially led to a tussle in court, as the Chairman, Screening Committee for Laoye Ruling House in Ogbomoso, Abdulwahab Laoye, insisted that the family had not selected anybody to fill the vacant stool and dismissed it as mere insinuations, social media report that someone had been selected.
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He went on to say the ruling house had been dazed with the rumours that one Ghandi Afolabi, a Pastor at the RCCG, had been selected.
Laoye said: “We did not select Ghandi and he is not among the eleven that the screening committee selected from 23 applicants. We do not want the matter to degenerate to the level of litigations, we scheduled a meeting on the 23rd of February and invited the council to observe, but the council hijacked the process from us and added another seven people on the claims that the seven people equally obtained the expression of interest form, thereby raising the number of the applicants to 18.”
However, a statement made available by the Oyo state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Olusegun Olayiwola, in Ibadan, the state capital, on Saturday, confirmed that Governor Seyi Makinde has approved the selection of the new Soun of Ogbomoso after a long-drawn process specified under the law.
Olayiwola said, “His Excellency congratulates the new Soun-elect on his ascension to the throne of his forebears.”
He further urged all sons and daughters of the ancient city of Ogbomoso to work with the monarch to consolidate the successes of his forefathers.
The new monarch was the Pastor of RCCG, Jesus House, Washington DC, USA.
