“I have decided to officially adopt Emir title today" - Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun State, Oba Adbulrasheed Akanbi

“I have decided to officially adopt Emir title today because I want to emulate the attitudes of Northern Emirs. 

They don’t begrudge themselves like Yoruba Obas.

”It will surprise you to discover that for the past two years, there has not been meeting of Yoruba traditional rulers just because of enmities.

There is nothing strange in adopting Emir title. I am the Emir of Yorubaland. 

“Iwo has a unique and distinctive traditional history among the entire Yoruba race. And these peculiarities have made Iwo to be at the forefront in Yorubaland. ”The occasion of the installation of Waziri Yorubaland is another great opportunity to create the necessary awareness and promote to the entire world the deep Islamic culture and heritage in Iwo. 

 “Waziri did not come from Northern part of Hausa tribe but from God. So, there is nothing strange in installing Waziri. Yoruba has forgotten their history. Whoever is criticising me lacks history of Yorubaland." 

■ Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun State, Oba Adbulrasheed Akanbi, explaining why he dropped the title of Oba and adopted ‘Emir,’ the title of Northern traditional rulers. He also justified the installation and turbarning of an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Yahquub Abdul-Baaqi Mohammed as first Waziri of Yorubaland.