“He has on His garment, and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.” (Revelation 19:16).
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (Ojaja II) has berated those criticising him for kneeling in church to worship God, saying that “no King on Earth is above God”
A picture showing the monarch kneeling down during the installation thanksgiving held at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Ile Ife, on Sunday, December 13th, had gone viral on internet, attracting diverse comments.
While many that commented on the picture saw no wrong in the action of the newly installed monarch, many were of the view that the act desecrated the revered stool of the Ooni.
The week-long coronation activities for the Ooni was climaxed by a thanksgiving service on Sunday 13th December 2015, at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Ile-Ife
But in a statement signed by the Director of Communication and Public Affairs, Ooni’s Palace, Ile-Ife, Moses Olafare, the Ooni said it is an unacceptable sacrilege to equate Ooni’risa or any other king to the almighty God.
His words: “God. Is the creator of mankind and it is God made it possible for the enthronement of any king.
“The ILE OODUA has been drawn to a publication released Wednesday 16th 2015 by an online medium known as NEWSPUNCH in which His Imperial Majesty, Ooni’risa & Arole Oodua Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (Ojaja II) was criticized for bowing to God.
“God remains the highest KING OF KINGS who has kept all Kings alive and had made it possible for me to be crowned as the King of the source of Yoruba civilisation.
“I have no regret whatsoever for kneeling down to exalt the Almighty God who did not only create me but also kept me alive, saw me through all the storms in my life-journey and eventually crowned me as the Custodian of Oodua race.
“This act of equating me to the God of Gods, the King of Kings and the sole owner of the universe is a wicked sacrilege planned to embarrass the throne.
“My emergence as Oba has been made possible only by the Almighty Olodumare to whom I remain eternally grateful” the Ooni said.
VANGUARD
December 2015