The paramount ruler and Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, is dead. He died at the age of 91.
ROYAL NEWS reports that late Oba Adetona reigned for 64 years on the throne.
Late Oba Adetona couldn’t participate actively at this years ‘Ojude Oba’, a popular international cultural festival organized annually in thr ancient town of Ijebu.
He ascended the throne on April 2, 1960, and reigned for over 64 years, making him one of the longest-serving traditional rulers in Nigerian history.
In 1983, just before Buhari’s military coup, Olabisi Onabanjo, then Ogun state governor, had already signed a formal order deposing Adetona. The removal was scheduled to take effect on January 2, 1984.
But the coup of December 31, 1983 — which toppled Nigeria’s civilian government — halted the plan. Buhari’s intervention inadvertently preserved the Awujale’s reign.
