In an interview with PUNCH, Lagbigbolu talked about he could not reply whether or not or not he was contemplating turning into the model new Alaafin or if any of his youngsters have been .

He talked about, “I’ve talked about this for the umpteenth time that my custom is me and that is what made me obtainable to the church; my upbringing throughout the palace in the midst of the reign of Oba Siyanbola Onikepe Ladigbolu and Oba Bello Gbadegsin Ladigbolu II, and naturally, my closeness to Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who merely handed away. You’ll observe that the majority of my life has been lived all through the palace or all through the precinct of the palace. That is what enriched my ministry and what made me Ayo Ladigbolu. I can’t separate myself from the holistic embrace of my custom. Nonetheless that doesn’t indicate that I am going to tolerate paganism or one thing that is not one of the best ways of God, like idol worshiping and so forth. Nonetheless my custom is me.”
Speaking on the late oba’s wives, he talked about, “The model new king will inherit them and that is the customized, nonetheless you notice points are altering now.  As quickly as a woman is married to the Alaafin they’re married with out finish to the Alaafin. the circumstances of life are altering and we have to manage to the altering developments.
“They’re married to Alaafin and Alaafin won’t be a person nonetheless an institution. The model new Alaafin will most likely be chargeable for his or her welfare on account of they’re married to the institution and by no means solely a particular person.
“That is the explanation the question of who they belong to after the lack of lifetime of the Kabiyesi who married them did not come up. They belong to the Alaafin. Nonetheless throughout the delicate of the prevailing circumstances we should alter. That is my response.”