Mammoth crowd of Oyo traders gathered at Oroki, Oyo state to unanimously adopt Alhaja Saratu Aduke Konibaje as their preferred Iyaloja General of Oyo state amidst wide jubilations.
In a well attended event, the iyalaje of Oyo traders and all the Oyo local government iyalojas as well as other top ranking officers of the Oyo Market traders union present unanimously throw their weight behind Saratu Aduke and rejected Folashade Abeo.
“Abeo has no grassroot presence in any of the market in Oyo and we won’t sit here and allow an impostor to masquerade as a bonafide trader in Oyo talk less of becoming our Iyaloja”
“Go to any of the market in Oyo, namely Akesan,Sabo, and other top markets here, Abeo has no market presence, she’s from Lagos and she ought to go and claim her Iyaloja seat at Lagos,not here”
“We therefore declared full support for the one we know, who has been with us and have huge relevance in our markets, Alhaja Saratu Aduke Konibaje to become our Iyaloja General, she’s capable and she has the experiences needed to pilot our affairs”
Recall that Folashade Abeo boosted in a widely circulated video and press interview he granted that the whole Oyo town endorsed her as Iyaloja General of Oyo State because She is a bonafide Daughter of Oyo Town.
But today, the whole Oyo Indigene and Market Traders Rejected her as an unrecognized daughter of Oyo Town talkless of been Iyaloja of Oyo State.
Present at the declaration meeting are traders from all the nooks and crannies of the traders unit in Oyo and environs as well as key ranking officials of the leadership of the markets Oyo traders association.
Details later.
