This is following a publication by an online portal, criticising the monarch for bowing to God.
The Ooni in a statement released by his media aide, Mr. Moses Olafare, said "God remains the highest, the king of kings who has kept all kings alive and has made it possible for me to be crowned as the king of the source of Yoruba civilisation."
Adding that "This act of equating me to God of gods of king of kings and the sole owner of the universe is a wicked sacrilege planned to embarrass the throne. My emergence as Oba has been made possible only by the almighty Olodumare to whom I remain eternally grateful."
"I have no regrets whatsoever for kneeling down to exalt the almighty God who did not only create me, but also kept me alive, saw me through all the storms in my, life-journey and eventually crowned me as the custodian of Oodua race," the statement said.
The Ooni of Ife is seen as the father of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas.
The royal dynasty dates back to 500 B.C and was pioneered by Ooni Odùduwà who is the ancestral father figure for all Yorubas.
