President Bola Tinubu received the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona Ogbagba Agbotewole II, at his residence in Lagos on Sunday
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This was revealed by the Onigegewura Akile Ijebu, Olatunde Ayinde Oladunjoye, in a statement he issued on Tuesday.
Kalu, who emphasised the noble contributions of the monarch to nation building in various capacities, extolled the outstanding and selfless leadership qualities of the paramount ruler.
This was said to be the first title on anyone outside the South West by Awujale in his 64 years reign.
President Tinubu made the remark on Thursday at the palace of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona
As it was with Awujale in Ijebuland 39 years ago, the end of this chapter of Sanusi’s life is not the end of the story. Whether, like the Awujale, Sanusi returns to his throne or not, whether he returns to Kano or not, the book is not finished, yet
The event took place in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State on Monday.
This development followed the revelation of more facts on the positive role which the Islamic rights organisation said the king had been playing in the growth and development of Islam in Ijebu kingdom
Awujale is one of the most forthright accounts of the personal odysseys of a traditional ruler who through longevity and other circumstances of life has earned immortality
Obasanjo’s position was contained in his letter to Oba Sikiru Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland, who had made sundry allegations against the former president in his recently published autobiography
‘All the enormous goodwill which Obasanjo carried into office was squandered with a performance that left him with a second term short of tangible achievements’
The revered monarchs have been at loggerheads over the classification of obas in Yorubaland
The Alake said this on Monday in reaction to the Awujale’s comment last week at the launch of an endowment for a professorial chair in honour of Oba Adetona at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago-Iwoye
On this note therefore, I consider it an act of ingratitude should I fail to convey my grateful thanks to each and everyone present here today for specially honouring me with your august presence at this Inaugural Lecture and Launching of the Endowment Fund of “Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona Professorial Chair in Governance” in the Department of Political Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
Adetona, who spoke in Lagos at the launch of an endowment fund for a professorial chair in governance in the Department of Political Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, said it had become imperative to set the records straight since Oba Gbadebo had not disowned the statement credited to him on the issue
Oba Ogunwusi’s key message: unity, peace and cooperation among traditional rulers and peoples of Yorubaland.
He is clear-minded in that mission.
Oba Adetona said this in his remarks at a reception he held for President Buhari on Monday at his Ijebu Ode palace.
He said: “We have been following your policies and activities
Oba Adetona, who hosted the President at his palace in Ijebu-Ode, urged Jonathan to present his programmes to the people of Ijebuland for them to form their opinion on whether to vote him or not
The new album, dedicated to the Awujale of Ijebuland,Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, was couple of weeks back released during the 80th birthday of the Yoruba popular monarch
Adetona, who spoke at his 80th birthday prayer service at the Ijebu-Ode Central Mosque on Friday, thanked God and lauded Ijebu people for their support in the past 55 years on the throne