NEWS: OLUBADAN: OLAKULEYIN FOR CORONATION JULY 12

 

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has announced the date for the coronation and presentation of staff of office to the Olubadan-designate, Oba Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin. The ceremony is scheduled to hold on Friday, 12^th July 2024.

Makinde, in a statement signed by the commissioner for information, Dotun Oyelade, said that the Olubadan-designate would be given staff and instruments of office on July 12, 2024.

This was conveyed via a statement from the office of the Honorable Commissioner for Information Prince Dotun Oyelade.

Oyelade said, “Our people must learn to be patient and believe in an administration that has not let them down in five years”

He said insinuations and mischievous innuendos have not derailed Governor Seyi Makinde from the path of justice and fairness.

He further advised the people of Oyo State and Ibadan in particular to await the spectacle of the coronation and presentation of staff of office.

Various interest groups and individuals had earlier raised their voices over the delay in the coronation of the Olubadan-designate.

Olakulehin had earlier been nominated and appointed by the kingmakers in April this year.

Many indigenes have expressed worry over the delay in the coronation of the Olubadan-designate.

With this announcement, all speculations and insinuations have been laid to rest.

Olakulehin was nominated on Friday, April 12, by the Osi Balogun, Oba Lateef Adebimpe at the Olubadan-in-council meeting held at Olubadan Palace, Oja’ba, Ibadan.

This had put to rest controversies over the selection of a new Olubadan of Ibadanland as the kingmakers, formally nominated the current Balogun of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin, as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland.

The kingmakers who are also members of the Olubadan-in-Council ratified the nomination of Olakulehin at a meeting held at the ancient Mapo Hall.

The stool of Olubadan of Ibadanland became vacant following the death on 14th March of the 42nd Olubadan, Oba Lekan Balogun who died at University College Hospital (UCH) at the age of 81.

The Ibadan chieftaincy and traditional system is unique and most rancor-free in this part of the world.

Since the creation of Ibadan in 1829 as a war camp for warriors coming from other parts of Yoruba land, ascension to the throne has been a smooth flawless procedure.

The Olubadan as the head of the entire system is not just the ruler of Ibadan but the paramount ruler of the entire Ibadan Land.

The system is republican as against dynastic monarchical authoritarianism which operates in other places.  Governance is based on collective wisdom and consensus at each level such that dictatorship and dissidence are not given space in the system. Ibadan and her people have never changed the system that runs like clockwork and engenders peace.

Ibadan has had 42 kings. The same system has produced the Olubadans without rancor.

1.     (One year): Lagelu – 1820

2.    (Six years): Baale Maye Okunade – 1820-1826

3.    (Four years): Baale Oluyendun Labosinde – 1826-1830

4.    (Five years): Baale Lakanle – 1830-1835

5.    (15 Years): Basorun Oluyole Ojaba – 1835-1850

6.    (One year): Baale Oderinlo Opeagbe Idiomo/Kure – 1850-1851

7.    (13 Years): Baale Oyesile Olugbode Ita Baale – 1851-1864

8.    (One year): Ba’ale Ibikunle – 1864-1865

9.    (Two Years): Basorun Ogumola Mapo – 1865-1867

10.  (Three Years): Balogun Beyioku Akere Onitamperin – 1867-1870

11.  (One year): Baale Orowusi (Awarun) Kobomoje – 1870-1871

12.  (14 Years): Aare Oadoke Latoosa Oke-Are – 1871-1885

13.  (Eight Years): Balogun Ajayi Osungbekun Kobmoje – 1885-1893

14.  (Two Years): Baate Fijabi 1 (Omo Babalola) Oritamerin – 1893-1895

15.  (Two Years): Baale Osuntoki Olusun Agbeni – 1895-1897

16.  (Five Years): Badorun Fajimi (Yerombi) Oranyan – 1897-1902

17.  (Two Years): Baale Mosaderin Sunlehinmi Oranyan – 1902-1904

18.  (Three Years): Baale Dada Opadare Mapo – 1904-1907

19.  (Three Years): Basorun Sumonu Apanpa Isale-Osi – 1907-1910

20.  (Two Years): Baale Akintayo Awanibaku Elenpe Bere, Aboke – 1910-1912

21.  (Two Years): Baale Irefin (Omo Ogundeyi) Oke Ofa Babasale – 1912-1914

22.  (11 Years): Baale Shitu (Omo Are Latosa) Oke Are 1914-1925 11

23.  (Five Years): Baale Oyewole Aiyejenku Omo Foko Oke Foko – 1925-1930

24.  (16 Years): Olubadan Okunola Abaasi Alesinloye Isale Ijebu – 1930-1946

25.  (Three Months): Olubadan Fagbinrin Akere II Oritamerin – 1946-1946

26.  (Eight Months): Olubadan Oyetunde I Eleta – 1946-1946

27.  (One year): Olubadan Akintunde Bioku Oleyo, Oranyan – 1947-1948

28.  (Four Years): Olubadan Fijabi II Oritamerin – 1948-1952

29.  (Three Months): Olubadan Memudu Alli Iwo Gbenla – 1952- 1952

30.  (Three Months): Olubadan Igbintade Apete Oke Ofa – 1952-1955

31.  (Nine Years): Oba Isaac Babalola Akinyele Alafara – 1955-1964

32.  (Two Months): Oba Yesufu Kobiowu Oranyan – 1964-1964

33.  (Six Years): Oba Salawu Akanbi Aminu Adeoyo – 1965-1971

34.  (Five Years): Oba Shittu Akintola Oyetunde II Eleta – 1971- 1976

35.  (One year): Oba Gbadamosi Akanbi Adebimpe Odinjo – 1976- 1977

36.  (Five Years): Oba Daniel Tayo Akinbiyi Elekuro – 1977-1982

37.  (10 Years): Oba Yesufu Oloyede Asanike IdiAro – 1983- 1993

38.  (Six Years): Oba Emmanuel Adegboyega Operinde Isale Ijebu – 1993-1999

39.  (Eight Years): Oba Yinusa B. Ogundipe Arapasowu I Oranyan – 1999-2007

40.  (Nine Years): Oba Samuel Odulana Olugade I- 2007–2016

41.  (Six Years): Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji – 2016–2022

42.  (Two Years): Oba Lekan Balogun – 2022–2024

With the pronouncement by Governor Makinde, Owolabi Olakuleyin is set to become the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadan Land.

Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, the Balogun of Ibadanland and leader of the military line in the Olubadan system, will ascend to the position of Olubadan, becoming the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland on July 12^th 2024.

May his reign be long and peaceful.