Nigeria, April 14 -- The senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate, Sharafadeen Alli, has criticised Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde for installing him and two others as Ibadan high chiefs in their absence.

In a video circulating on Facebook, the senator said the ceremony defied long-standing traditional norms which require the physical presence of those being installed.

PREMIUM TIMES could not ascertain when exactly the video was recorded by the senator. But the video clip was found circulating online on Monday.

"At the place I went to, people said I've been made a traditional ruler. But our father says you don't cut someone's hair in his absence," he said, questioning the legitimacy of the process.

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