The contestants for Oloworo of Oworo vacant throne has increased as Kajola Royal House presented Modiu Ashimiu Lawal.
The 38 years old Master Degree holder in Health Safety and Security coupled with International Trainings currently worked with Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) as supervisor covering HSE among others.
According to this medium findings Oworonshoki Kingdom have four ruling houses, Elebo, Kajola, Miyaki, Jegede respectively.
While speaking to Kosofe Post, Modiu Ashimiu, said that the late Oloworo of Oworo, Oba Bashru Oloruntoyin Saliu, Elebo 1 having reigned for 21 years Kajola Royal House eminent qualified to occupy the throne.
In his word, he states that, ” we can’t take it away from the Elebo, the late Oba actually brought kingship to Oworonshoki, and then we give that to him and the family. But that does not take away the fact that this other ruling house are not existing.”
“As regarding the Oba decreeing before he passed on that it only Elebo ruling house that the monarchy of Oworonshoki is enshrined upon.
He further went to disclosed that “we are in a jet age, this is a global village, a global world where no information is hiding anywhere. Fact and figures are everywhere, do they have any evidence that back this kind of claim and can such be possible in Lagos State.”
“You know it easier to come up with lies of this nature when you know that the person in question is no longer living, or did you ask a dead man a question? No”
Modiu stated that nothing of such would come up as a result of when there’s no exposure and then when a man lacks enlightenment, because if you are truly aware I wouldn’t see reason why you will come up with such thing.
” Your father as rode for twenty-one years or more, and then you feel he forgot something he did, there’s a project he didn’t complete or something you guys need to go there and complete, people who have spoken, and what is the voice, what is the message? We have seen all your family can do, let this thing be passed on to another family, let see what they can do.”
And, then if that is the case, they should better joined the queue or stay away totally, he said.
He also mentioned that there’s no ease of doing business, no enabling environment, no equal rights and justice, equity and fairness
“These are things we promise, and these are things my candidature will bring about. But I read wide afar, I have trainings in Nigeria and outside this country, and then we have seen how things are done, we’ve seen how monarchy are run
Oworonshoki is a prosperous place that has alot to offer and then if one person sit on it, you know there will be a lot of agrieved Oworonshoki son’s and daughters been indigenes and residence.”
“So honestly, If my candidature is the better person at the end of the day. First and foremost, I will bring about reconciliation Because there is a lot of agrieved people in Oworonshoki.”
Modiu also vouch to use his personality to drag present of government to Oworonshoki which is really backward.
“We have a lot of things to achieve if we are there, Which is not by our power but then because of the little and few persons we know in government.”
“We will use that to enrich and empower Oworonshoki son’s and daughters including the indigenes and residence because like I told you the global village there’s nothing like indigenes we have more of residence in Oworonshoki and indigene.”