Oluyin of Iyin-Ekiti questioned by DSS over governor's chair demand

The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited the Oluyin of Iyin-Ekiti, Oba Adeniyi Adeola Ajakaiye, for questioning following a controversial demand regarding a chair used by Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji.

During a thanksgiving service at Babamuboni Memorial Anglican Church on May 31, 2026, Governor Oyebanji attended an event at the invitation of Senate Leader Michael Opeyemi Bamidele. Following the service, the Oluyin’s palace requested that the specific chair used by the Governor be transferred to the palace for “royal custody and appropriate traditional rites.”

The Babamuboni Memorial Anglican Church rejected the request, stating in a formal reply that it could not “surrender, transfer, or remove” church property for external purposes. The dispute reportedly led to the transfer of the church’s vicar, Ven. Dr. Samuel Sunday Agunbiade. In correspondence, the Oluyin-in-Council characterized the refusal as a “grave oversight against the sanctity of the stool” and demanded that future replacement chairs be placed under strict guard to prevent similar incidents.