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No Executive Bill Lasts Beyond 72 Hours — Olowu of Kuta Urges Tinubu to Empower Monarchs

 Oriontimes News Desk| May 25, 2026 Constitutional relevance of traditional rulers, deployment of modern technology and strengthening of regional security outfits have been described as solutions to tackle insecurity in Nigeria  A first-class monarch, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Adekunle Oyelude Makama (CON), made this known while receiving the new leadership of the Osun Online Publishers Association (OOPA) in his Kuta palace on Sunday. The leadership of the association paid a high-profile courtesy visit to the monarch to inform him of the change in leadership and appreciate his supportive roles as patron. The visit was blended with media engagement, royal diplomacy, and critical discussions on national security, governance, and the constitutional relevance of traditional institutions in Nigeria. Speaking during the visit, the Olowu of Kuta addressed the growing wave of insecurity in the Southwest, noting that the security challenges currently confronting the region were long...
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Oil Theft: Don't Cast Down The Military, Olowu Warns Asari Dokubo

 




Olowu of Kuta, HRH Oba Adekunle Oyelude Makama, Tegbosun III, has warned former Niger Delta agitator,Mujahid Asari Dokubo not to dispirit the military with uncensored statement.




Olowu in a statement issued by his media office said any attempt to Ridicule Nigerian Military because of few bad elements like any other institutions will be counter productive.





The monarch said it takes a lot of efforts to build a country military to such standard that we have in Nigeria, adding that such sweeping statement that the military is responsible for the oil theft in Niger Delta is not the best.




Olowu, who frowns at such generalisation said in as much as the country appreciates the support of Dokubo in the last few months to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his outburst about the military after the visit is unbecoming.

Olowu said; " the outburst of Dokubo that the military was responsible for the oil theft after his visit to Mr President is unbecoming. It's a betrayal of trust. Why should he use the presidential press gallery to make such statement that's capable of demoralising our military?" If he has any information about some unscrupulous elements in the military involved in oil theft, he can pass it unto Mr President without that undue sensationalism. It's uncalled for.



With the supreme sacrifice our military had made and forces of insurgency and associated unrest across the country it's grappling with daily  in order  to keep Nigeria as one, that statement is tantamout to breaking their spirit; it's not the best", the monarch counselled.

It will be recalled that Dokubo after meeting President Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa yesterday accused the military of being responsible for the oil theft in the Niger Delta.

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