Ladoja
Ladoja absent as Makinde presents staff of office. Seyi Makinde, Governor of Oyo State, gave Staff of Office to ten of the eleven High Chiefs of Ibadanland upgraded to beaded crown-wearing Oba today at the ancient Mapo hall in Ibadan, the state capital.
On Thursday, June 22, the PUNCH exclusively reported that Makinde approved the elevation based on the advice of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, who is the prescribed and consenting authority.
The new Obas are Owolabi Olakulehin; Tajudeen Ajibola; Eddy Oyewole; Lateef Adebimpe; Biodun Kola-Daisi; Kola Adegbola; Hamidu Ajibade; Olubunmi Isioye; Bayo Akande and Abiodun Azeez while the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja, who had earlier rejected the elevation was conspicously absent at the ceremony.
“When I set out to join the race to become the Olubadan, I was focusing on how to become the Olubadan, and the only crown I want to wear is that of Olubadan of Ibadanland,” Ladoja said, adding, “When I set out to join the race to become the Olubadan, I was focusing on how to become the Olubadan, and the only crown I want to wear is that of Olubadan of Ibadanland.”
Meanwhile, the freshly coronated Obas are now Chairmen of their respective Local Government Areas inside Ibadanland’s Traditional Council.