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Alaafin: Some words for king and chiefs

THE oba under our law is not a king; he is a chief. That is why the law governing the appointment and removal of the oba and his ijoye is called Chiefs Law. The colonial government made it so. The oba was not recognised as king by the law – because the English king/queen was […]

Alaafin: Some words for king and chiefs
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