Osun monarchs have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to spread the dollar rain he has been dispensing to every corner of the state to avoid bad blood among the citizens and the royals.
Jonathan had allegedly been generous with hard currency with some monarchs when he visited the state recently.
This led the Obas to hold a meeting on Tuesday at the palace of Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba Olayiwola Olawale, where the call was made in a communiqué.
According to the communique, subjects under the rulership of the monarchs are now demanding their share of the money.
Monarchs who were present at the meeting are Olokuku of Okuku, Oba Abioye Oluronke; Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Rasheed Olabomi; Olunisa of Inisa, Oba Joseph Fadikun; Elende of Eko-Ende, Oba Rauf Olaniyan; Oloyan of Oyan, Oba Kelani Oyedare; Onirun of Oke Irun, Oba Adetoyi Adetunlurese; and the Elerin of Erin Osun, Oba Yusuf Omoleye.
Although the Timi of Ede, Oba Muniru Lawal, could not make the meeting, Akinrun said his counterpart from Ede was part of the monarchs dissociating themselves from the dollar rain.
The communiqué read: Of recent the press is awash with the report of endorsement of a particular presidential candidate by some traditional rulers in Osun State and the use of their beaded walking sticks to pray for him. It was also alleged that in the process, huge amount of hard currency was doled out. This has become the general talk in the public domain.
“The general impression is that all traditional rulers in Osun State without exception were involved. Consequently, our subjects have been accosting us, demanding our explanation for engaging in such act. Some of our subjects have also demanded for their own share of money we collected.
“No doubt this is an embarrassing situation to us. For this reason, we have decided to make it clear to the public that not all traditional rulers were involved in this act.”
