Dosunmu Ruling House of Onikoyi Royal Family, Lagos, yesterday, appealed to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to ensure that selection of the next Onikoyi of Ikoyi and Imobaland follows due process and rotational agreements between the two ruling houses in the family.

The house said it was its turn to produce the next Onikoyi, following the death of the late Oba Ibikunle Fafunwa Onikoyi.At a press briefing, its spokesman, Abayomi Mayegun, said there are two royal lines: the Muti and Dosunmu families, with each expected to produce the Onikoyi on rotational basis.

Mayegun said: “We mourn and commiserate with the immediate family of our late king and royal father, Ibikunle Fafunwa Onikoyi. The Lagos State government and members of the general public are, hereby, duly informed that members of the Dosunmu Ruling House of Onikoyi Royal Family are in the process of selecting a suitable candidate to be crowned as Oba Onikoyi of Ikoyi and Imobaland.

“We, members of the Dosunmu Onikoyi Royal Family, consider it necessary to respond to, and refute public notices recently authored and published by the Muti branch of Onikoyi Royal Family.”