Nigeria, Aug. 19 -- A bitter royal supremacy battle is brewing among two of the highest kings in Yorubaland.

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, to reverse the chieftaincy title of Okanlomo of Yorubaland conferred on businessman Dotun Sanusi.

In a statement by Bode Durojaiye, Director of Media and Publicity, the Alaafin said that the Ooni overstepped his authority and his action is an affront to his office and a disregard for tradition and the law.

In the strongly worded statement, he cited a Supreme Court ruling that states that only the Alaafin has the exclusive right to confer on any individual a chieftaincy title that covers the entire Yorubaland.

He emp...