The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Prince Sefiu Olawale Oyebola as the Aseyin of Iseyin.
Governor Makinde gave the approval in a memo signed on Thursday, in exercise of the powers conferred on him.
The powers are by subsections 1 and 2 of the Chiefs’ Law, Cap. 28, Volume I, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000.
According to a statement by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon. Olusegun Olayiwola, the approval is a culmination of a series of processes stipulated by the extant laws of the state regarding ascension to royal thrones.
The statement added that the Governor congratulated the new Aseyin-Elect, praying that his tenure will usher in greater developments to Iseyin.
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It is recalled that the Governor is due to receive former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the state on Friday to commission the 34.85km Oyo-Iseyin Road and the newly-constructed Ladoke Akintola University of Technology College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources in Iseyin.