Gwamna Seyi Makinde na Jihar Oyo ya amince da nadin Prince Abimbola Owoade a matsayin sabon Alaafin na Oyo. An sanar da nadin ne a ranar Juma’a ta hanyar Dotun Oyelade, kwamishinan harkokin watsa labarai na jihar. Owoade ya gaji marigayi Oba Lamidi Adeyemi wanda ya rasu a ranar 22 ga Afrilu, 2022, yana da shekaru 83.
Sanarwar ta zo ne bayan kwana daya da wasu masu zaɓen sarauta biyar a garin Oyo suka karbi umarni daga gwamna don fara sabon tsarin zaɓen Alaafin. Masu zaɓen sarauta, wadanda suka hada da Yusuf Akinade, Basorun na Oyo; Wakeel Akindele, Lagunna na Oyo; Hamzat Yusuf, Akinniku na Oyo; Wahab Oyetunji, wakilin Asipa na Oyo; da Gbadebo Mufutau, wakilin Alapinni na Oyo, sun ci gaba da nuna cewa Lukman Gbadegesin ne ya cancanci zama sabon sarki.
A cikin wata wasika da aka aika wa Gwamna Makinde, masu zaɓen sarauta sun zargi gwamna da yin watsi da shari’ar da ke kan gudana game da tsarin zaɓen. Sun kuma bayyana ayyukan gwamna a matsayin haram da kuma cin zarafin ikon shari’a.
A ranar 6 ga Yuli, 2024, jaridar FIJ ta ruwaito cewa Lamidi Oyewale da Asimiyu Atanda, wasu shugabannin Oyomesi, sun shaida wa Hukumar Yaki da Cin Hanci da Rashawa (EFCC) yadda Gbadegesin ya ba kowane mai zaɓen sarauta N15 miliyan a lokacin tsarin zaɓen Alaafin. A lokacin, lauyan EFCC, S.M. Galadanchi, ya shaida wa wata babbar kotu a jihar Oyo cewa Atanda da Oyewale sun amince da cewa masu zaɓen sarauta sun yanke shawarar zaɓen Gbadegesin a matsayin dan takarar Alaafin bayan ya ba su kudin.
Kafin sauraron shari’ar, kotu ta ƙi buƙatun shugabannin Oyomesi na hana EFCC binciken su game da karɓar cin hancin daga Gbadegesin. Shugabannin sun yi iƙirarin cewa gwamnatin jihar Oyo tana amfani da EFCC don neman musu wahala. An ƙi buƙatun su bisa dalilan rashin cancanta.
A watan Afrilu 2023, wasu labarai da jita-jita sun yi iƙirarin cewa Gbadegesin ya zama sabon Alaafin na Oyo. Jaridar FIJ ta tabbatar da cewa labaran ba gaskiya ba ne. Gwamnatin jihar ta bayyana cewa ba ta amince da wani dan takara ba saboda Oyomesi ba su bi tsarin da ya dace ba.
Gwamna Makinde ya kuma bayyana cewa ya ƙi amincewa da sunan kowane dan takara saboda Oyomesi ba su bi tsarin da ya dace ba. Jaridar FIJ ta kuma bayyana tarihin rashin gaskiyar Gbadegesin a harkokin kasuwanci da kuma bashin miliyoyin Naira da ya yi wa wani abokinsa.
A ranar 20 ga Mayu, 2023, jaridar FIJ ta ruwaito yadda Gbadegesin ya ƙi biyan bashin N20 miliyan da Omosalewa Akinleye, wata abokiyarsa da ke Burtaniya, ta taimaka masa samu daga wata banki a shekarar 2021. Lokacin da bashin ya kai N48 miliyan saboda rashin biyan kudin, Akinleye ta yi ƙoƙarin sayar da kadarorinta don biyan kuɗin. Gbadegesin ya ba da cak din banki guda uku na Wema Bank wadanda suka kai N48 miliyan amma ba a iya biyan su ba saboda babu kudi a cikin asusun. Lokacin da aka kai rahoton lamarin ga ‘yan sanda a Abuja, Gbadegesin ya biya N23 miliyan daga cikin bashin. Akinleye ta zama mai ciwon hawan jini saboda damuwa da tashin hankali da ta fuskanta. Daga baya aka gano cewa Gbadegesin ya shirya kashe kusan N200 miliyan a yunkurinsa na zama sabon Alaafin na Oyo.
Kafin a buga labarin, jaridar FIJ ta tuntubi Gbadegesin don amsa zargin Akinleye amma bai ba da amsa ba. Bayan kwana uku, ya kara biya N9.2 miliyan, ya bar bashin N15.8 miliyan. Wasu majiyoyi sun bayyana fargabarsu da Gbadegesin da kuma nadamar yin kasuwanci da shi.
