In an interview with PUNCH, Lagbigbolu talked about he could not reply whether or not or not he was all in favour of turning into the model new Alaafin or if any of his children had been .

He talked about, “I’ve talked about this for the umpteenth time that my custom is me and that is what made me accessible to the church; my upbringing inside the palace in the middle 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 discover that almost all 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 not separate myself from the holistic embrace of my custom. Nonetheless that doesn’t indicate that I will tolerate paganism or one thing that is not the best way wherein 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, nevertheless you understand points are altering now.  As quickly as a lady is married to the Alaafin they’re married eternally to the Alaafin. the circumstances of life are altering and we now have to manage to the altering developments.
“They’re married to Alaafin and Alaafin should not be a person nevertheless an institution. The model new Alaafin will seemingly be answerable for his or her welfare on account of they’re married to the institution and by no means solely a specific particular person.
“That is the rationale 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 inside the delicate of the prevailing circumstances we should always modify. That is my response.”