By Nchetachi Chukwuajah
The family head of the Fusengbuwa ruling house, Otunba Abdulateef Owoyemi, has said the next Awujale of Ijebuland would be unveiled in the next one month.
Otunba Owoyemi stated this on Monday, January 12, at a nomination meeting held by the ruling house at Bisrod Hall, GRA, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.
The nomination meeting saw the emergence of 95 persons, consisting of 94 princes and one princess from the Fusengbuwa ruling house of Ijebu Ode as contestants for the vacant stool.
Otunba Owoyemi said that, just as the Ifa oracle had foretold, the family was working across the board to ensure that whoever would assume the vacant Awujale stool would further take Ijebu land to greater heights.
He said, “We thank God that what we have feared so much has finally come and gone peacefully.
“We have successfully, peacefully, and harmoniously nominated our candidates, 95 of them. It is now left in the hands of the kingmakers to do a very good job conscientiously and pick one of them as the next Awujale.
“The Fusengbuwa family has done a lot of traditional research through the Ifa oracle to guide us on what should be done, and we have no doubt that the kingmakers are going to select the person that the Almighty God himself has appointed. We believe that, by God’s grace, in the next one month, we should have the next Awujale.”
The family head and former President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) commended family members for conducting themselves peacefully and ensuring that the nomination process was not jeopardised.
Owoyemi also said that the contestants had earlier signed an agreement to accept the outcome of the selection process and not pursue litigation, adding that the family expected each contestant to abide by the agreement.
He further said that the ruling house believed the government would do the right thing and “pick for the family the Awujale that has been foretold would make Ijebu Land the biggest and greatest. We believe God will guide them right.”
The nomination meeting was presided over by the Chairman of the ruling house, Otunba Owoyemi; his deputy, Otunba Adedokun Ajidagba; and the Vice Chairman, Professor Fassy Yusuf, and had the Secretary to the Ijebu Ode Local Government, Abiodun Oke, and some other local government officials as observers.
The Awujale stool became vacant in July 2025 following the demise of the 91-year-old Oba Sikiru Adetona, who reigned for 65 years.
