The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi said he has forgiven Sunday Igboro over a viral video which talked ill of the monarch.

The media aide to Ooni, Moses Olafare, disclosed this on Thursday, adding that the Monarch is “still solidly behind Igboho’s move to drive criminal herdsmen” away from the South-West.

Recall that Sunday Igboho had on Wednesday morning at a virtual ‘Townhall With Yoruba In Diaspora’ accused Ooni of disappointing the Yoruba people by not telling President Muhammadu Buhari the truth about the matter of the herdsmen crisis rocking the South-West region.

The Monarch after the meeting with the President lauded Igboho for speaking for the downtrodden. He told him not to take laws into his hands but allow constituted authorities, including the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to take charge and handle the security challenges in the state.

Sunday Igboho, who later apologised said he was pained and carried away with emotions.  

Olafare stated that “it is not in the style of the Ooni to make an official response on any matter that threatens the unity and peace of the country, especially as it affects the descendants of Oduduwa worldwide”.

He added that Ooni was untroubled by Igboho’s abusive and derogatory words against him.

“Sunday Igboho still remains a son to the Ooni. Baba has already forgiven him because he had tendered an apology via a video clip he produced via social media yesterday evening.

“The royal father could not bicker with any of his sons even in the face of quantum of provocations.

“Sunday Igboho thereafter released the video in which he tendered his apology. Even though the way and manner Sunday had behaved was sacrilegious to the Oduduwa throne but he has already apologised and I can confirm that Arole Oodua has forgiven him, because, there is no perfection in humanity. Sunday is a human being like any other normal human being who could misbehave as well. No one is perfect!

“As the father of all, the Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula remains his father who had even identified with him in the past two weeks he had begun with the struggle and he is still solidly behind him for the liberation of the Yorubas from criminal herdsmen who have adamantly terrorised our land. Just that he must watch his back so that people with ulterior motives will not hijack his movement,” he said.

The traditional ruler therefore appeal to everyone to “let the sleeping dog lies on the matter because Sunday had been forgiven and life must go on.”