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UPDATE ON THE ALAAFIN OF OYO SELECTION INTERVIEW FINAL DAY

Alaafin Oba Adeyemi III 

 Written by Oladotun Oladele 08037250845

The Yoruba proverb which says, whatever have a beginning will definitely have an end. It is not everyone who saw the beginning that will be opportune to see the end. Everyone who have the privilege of having to see this epoch making event of the selection process for the vacant stool of the Alaafin of Oyo which many are having the opportune to follow the process of the interviews.


Today is the final day for the selection interview for the princes who are looking forward to becoming the Alaafin of Oyo. The interview process today which incidentally happen to be last day of the interview process did not start on time based on the fact that the Oranyan Festival was holding and the medical outreach program that was slated for today which had the Oyomesi participating was reasons for the slight delay.


The process of the interview was held under air-tight security with the NSCDC, DSS, Nigeria Police, Amotekun Corps, local vigilante were all on ground and the candidates were expected. There were only five (5) candidates that eventually attended the interview process today which marks the end of the selection interview process which was started eight days (8) ago. 


At the last count of candidates for the stool of the Alaafin of Oyo, there have been sixty (60) candidates who have been interviewed out of the entire eighty candidates which were submitted for the selection process. The process continues and the world would be waiting for the outcome of the results of the selection interview process. This can be likened to a pregnant woman who have taken in and until the child is born, everyone will continue to engage in prayers and hoping for the eventual safe delivery of the unborn child. 


Oyo people and Yorubaland are more eager to have a new Alaafin ascend the throne because he is the only pride and symbol. The world will still have to wait and hope that before the year end a new Alaafin would be selected because the vacancy that is in existence really is said to be a thing that would not allow Oyo to be left behind in the committee of nations and the sharing of the goodies in the coming dispensation.



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