Awujale Succession: Why govt can’t abdicate its statutory responsibility, By Soji Adeyemi

The controversy regarding the succession to the Awujale throne of Ijebuland has highlighted a tension between customary authority and the statutory responsibilities of the Ogun State Government. According to Daily Post Nigeria, the process should be governed by tradition, established chieftaincy procedures, and Ogun State laws, but is currently being complicated by misinformation and political insinuations.

Daily Post Nigeria asserts that the government should not abandon its statutory responsibilities despite the succession involving a traditional institution, noting that the Awujale stool is a historically significant throne of considerable public interest. The outlet states that while the government is not the kingmaker and lacks the authority to impose a candidate or substitute its judgment for that of the ruling house and kingmakers, the selection process must maintain high standards of transparency, fairness, and fidelity to the law.

Premium Times adds that while the government must not usurp customary authority, it must also not surrender its statutory responsibility in an effort to avoid controversy.

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