Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of Oba Akinloye Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of lbadanland.
State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Olusegun Olayiwola, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan, the state capital.
The Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, made the statement available to journalists.
According to Olayiwola, Governor Makinde gave the approval in a memo dated June 14, 2024, while exercising the powers conferred on him by Section 19 (Cap 28) Law of Oyo State 2000 as amended.
The commissioner added that 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 partly read, “The Governor congratulated the new Olubadan, and prayed that his tenure would birth greater developments in Ibadanland and Oyo State as a whole.”
In April, the Olubadan-In-Council nominated Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland after the seat became vacant on March 14 following the death of Oba Lekan Balogun, who died at the age of 81.
However, following the nomination, the Otun Balogun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Abimbola Ajibola, said Olakulehin was not physically fit to assume the throne at the time.
But in response, Olakulehin expressed his medical fitness and readiness to rule as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland.
