The Christian Association of Nigeria in Oyo town has protested against the role allegedly being played by the Alaafin of Oyo , Oba Lamidi Adeyemi , in an ongoing land tussle between the association and other parties in the town.
The Christian body alleged that Oba Adeyemi had sold parts of its 96 plots of land at Ayetoro to some investors .
Following several aborted proposed meeting with the monarch by the Oyo town chapter of CAN , the religious body said the absence of Alaafin from the dialogue was deliberate.
An executive member of the Oyo Zone CAN , Reverend Femi Afolabi , told The PUNCH on Wednesday that in view of the monarch ’ s attitude, the Christian association took to the street in Oyo town in protest against his roles in the land tussle.
Afolabi , who is the head of Zonal Issues in the Oyo Zone CAN , said the matter got to a head when some of its members who were on inspection of the property were attacked by some hoodlums who were believed to be land grabbers.
Oyo CAN , which claimed to have procured the land from the former Oyo Local Government Council Area before the breaking of the old council into four in the 90 s , alleged that the monarch “ surreptitiously sold some patch of the property to other parties ” without being authorised to do so.
A source in the Alaafin ’s palace , confimed that CAN staged the protest on Sunday.
The Media Secretary to Alaafin , Mr Bode Durojaye, said he had yet to brief the monarch on the issue.
