Popular Nollywood star actor, Odunlade Adekola has finally broken his silence over his becoming a new king in Otun-Ekiti in Ekiti State.
Odunlade reacted at a location to the rumour on Friday at Ologuneru in Ibadan shooting a film titled: OLOGUNERU.
Odunlade was with other actors, the producer of the film and other popular actors. He played the role of a rich man who had earlier suffered in the movie.
A reliable source at the location reveals that while people at the location were hailing him as incoming king of Otun in Ekiti State, he quipped,
“how can I become a king and as well be on the location. Disregard the rumour, I’m not a king. I still remain the your actor.”
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Recalled that The PUNCH penultimate weekend reported it wasn’t the turn of Adekola’s family, which is part of the ruling houses in the town, to produce a king.
And since the break of the news, the actor has refused to say anything publicly as he neither released a statement to confirm or deny the claim, nor posted any information on his social media pages where he has lots of followers.
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It was gathered from his Personal Assistant that though the family called him that it’s his turn to become a king but said due to situation on ground, there is no assurance that he is going to become the king.
This report however validates PUNCH’s findings which revealed that it is not the turn of the actor’s family to produce the king of the town.
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According to PUNCH’s report, an indigene of the town who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “There are five ruling houses in the town and someone in his (Odunlade)’s lineage has been king before in recent times. It has not got to his family’s turn but if he is interested in the throne, he can fight for it because the governor (Kayode Fayemi) likes him.
“Presently, the five ruling houses are jostling to produce the king and they even visited the governor’s office today (Friday).”
PUNCH added that, another source, who is a prince in the town said that Adekola actually signified interest to be the king but he was turned down. The prince said, “Contrary to the news that has been flying around, Odunlade Adekola, is not going to be the next king of the town. He said he was interested in becoming the king but he was not accepted because it is not the turn o
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