Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, has said he's not in any supremacy battle with any monarch in Yorubaland or beyond.

His clarification, issued on Thursday in a statement by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye, came two days after reports of a rift with the Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr Owoade gave the Ooni a 48-hour ultimatum to revoke the chieftaincy title of "Okanlomo of Yorubaland", which was conferred on businessman, Dotun Sanusi.

According to the Alaafin, the Ooni's action amounted to overstepping his authority, describing it as both an affront to his office and a disregard for tradition and the law.

He further cited a Supreme Court ruling affirmin...