Alaafin Appoints Tinubu’s Aide, Senator, Oyomesi, Gani Adams, Others In Coronation Committee [See List]

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, has established a 97-member local organizing coronation committee to oversee preparations for the ceremony scheduled for April 5, 2025.

In a statement issued by his Chief of Staff, Rotimi Osuntola, in Ibadan, the state capital, the monarch announced former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Commissioner, Kunle Ogunmola, as the committee chairman, with Adediwura Owoade serving as vice chairman.

MOUTHPIECE NGR reports that other notable members include the State Chief of Protocol to President Bola Tinubu, Victor Adeleke; Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu; two Oyomesi members, High Chief Asimiyu Atanda (Agbaakin) and High Chief Lamidi Oyewale (Saamu); former Oyo Central Senatorial District lawmaker, Monsurat Sunmonu; current Oyo Central Senatorial District lawmaker, Dr. Yunus Akintunde; and House of Representatives member, Akeem Adeyemi.

The committee also comprises traditional rulers such as High Chief Samuel Olu Odurinde (Alajagba), High Chief Mukaila Afonja (Baba Iyaji), High Chief Isiaka Tella (Ona ‘Sokun), High Chief Ganiyu Ajiboye (Oloja of Ago Oja), High Chief Ademola Oyediran (Alaguo), and High Chief Taiwo Olabanji (Baale Onigbanla of Gbanla). Additionally, Barejiroro Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gbenga Eko, will represent Aare Ona Kakanfo, Iba Gani Adams.

Additional members include Olayide Owoade, Ayoade Owoade, Tolani Owoade, Taiwo Owoade, Azeez Fatimo (née Owoade), Rotimi Osuntola, as well as Oyo State House of Assembly members Gbenga Oyekola, Olorunpoto Rahaman, and Oladeji Oparinde. Others are Segun Taiwo, Akeem Owoade, Oke Adejare Adisa, Oyedemi Olutunde Ojolowo (Mogba Koso), Yakubu Mustafa (Otun Efa), Oladele Kolade, Akintayo Suulola (Akure), Olaleye Ismail (Imam Agure), and Lati Eleyele (acting Imam of Oyo land).