OYO State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde, has approved the selection/appointment of Oba Akinloye Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of lbadanland.
Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr. Olusegun Olayiwola, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, June 19, in Ibadan, the state capital, made available to journalists by the governor’s spokesman, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, said Makinde gave his nod in a memo dated June 14, 2024, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 19 (Cap 28) Law of Oyo State 2000 as amended.
Olayiwola said the approval is a culmination of a series of processes stipulated by the extant laws of the state regarding ascension to royal thrones, adding: “The governor congratulated the new Olubadan and prayed that his tenure would birth greater developments in Ibadanland and Oyo State as a whole.”
Recall that in April this year, the Olubadan-In-Council nominated Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland following the death, on March 14, of the late Olubadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, at the age of 81.
