{"id":179058,"date":"2025-09-16T08:40:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/alaafin-denies-appointment-of-new-chief-imam-of-oyo"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:44:09","slug":"alaafin-denies-appointment-of-new-chief-imam-of-oyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alaafin-denies-appointment-of-new-chief-imam-of-oyo","title":{"rendered":"Alaafin denies appointment of new Chief Imam of Oyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, has dismissed reports claiming that a new Chief Imam has been appointed for the ancient town, describing the rumours as false and misleading.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Monday by the Alaafin\u2019s Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye, the palace clarified that no appointment has been made and that the process of selecting a new Chief Imam is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attention of the Alaafin\u2019s Palace has been drawn to unfounded speculations suggesting the appointment of a new Chief Imam for Oyo. We urge the people of Oyo and the general public to disregard such baseless claims. No candidate has been selected for the revered Islamic leadership seat,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The palace emphasized that only the Alaafin possesses the constitutional and traditional authority to appoint the Chief Imam of Oyo.<\/p>\n<p>Oba Owoade also appealed for calm and patience among residents, assuring them that due consultations are being carried out and the rightful candidate will be formally announced at the appropriate time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe exclusive right to appoint a Chief Imam rests solely with His Imperial Majesty, the Alaafin of Oyo,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, has dismissed reports claiming that a new Chief Imam has been appointed for the ancient town, describing the rumours as false and misleading. In a statement released on Monday by the Alaafin\u2019s Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye, the palace clarified that no appointment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":179057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[7285,254,1252],"class_list":["post-179058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-alaafin","tag-nigeria","tag-oyo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alaafin denies appointment of new Chief Imam of Oyo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, has dismissed reports claiming that a new Chief Imam has been appointed for the an ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alaafin-denies-appointment-of-new-chief-imam-of-oyo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alaafin denies appointment of new Chief Imam of Oyo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, has dismissed reports claiming that a new Chief Imam has been appointed for the an ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alaafin-denies-appointment-of-new-chief-imam-of-oyo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-16T07:40:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-16T08:44:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757999834.282116.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alaafin-denies-appointment-of-new-chief-imam-of-oyo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alaafin-denies-appointment-of-new-chief-imam-of-oyo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Alaafin denies appointment of new Chief Imam of Oyo\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-16T07:40:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-16T08:44:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alaafin-denies-appointment-of-new-chief-imam-of-oyo\"},\"wordCount\":214,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alaafin-denies-appointment-of-new-chief-imam-of-oyo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757999834.282116.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Alaafin\",\"Nigeria\",\"Oyo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alaafin-denies-appointment-of-new-chief-imam-of-oyo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alaafin-denies-appointment-of-new-chief-imam-of-oyo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alaafin-denies-appointment-of-new-chief-imam-of-oyo\",\"name\":\"Alaafin denies appointment of new Chief Imam of Oyo - 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