The five kingmakers - Bashorun of Oyo, High Chief Yusuf Layinka; the Lagunna of Oyo, High Chief Wakeel Oyedepo, and the Akinniku of Oyo, High Chief Hamzat Yusuf - in a letter signed by their lawyer, Adekunle Sobalolu, and addressed Makinde therefore declared the appointment of Owoade as the new Allafin as null and void; illegal and unlawful. Prince Owoade was announced as the Alaafin-elect on Friday by the Oyo State Government. But the kingmakers in their letter said the only person they recommended on Sept. 30, 2022, by the majority of the kingmakers’ lawful votes as the next Alaafin, was Prince Lukman Gbadegesin.