14 July, 2025 The Ogun State Muslim Council (OMC) is deeply saddened by the passing of Alayeluwa Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, and President-General of Ogun State Muslim Council who departed this life on Sunday 13th July,2025 at the ripe age of 91. The monarch’s demise has sent shockwaves
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has described the burial of the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, as a historic liberation for the Yoruba traditional institution, praising the process for upholding dignity and rejecting what he called the “ritual bondage” often associated with the passing of monarchs. In a statement issued through
The procedure for selecting the new Awujale of Ijebuland in Ogun State has come to light following the passing of the revered Oba Sikiru Adetona, the immediate past Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland. Oba Adetona, who was Nigeria’s longest-serving monarch, died at the age of 91 on Sunday and was laid to rest at
Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the revered Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, remains an extraordinary figure in Nigeria’s traditional and democratic history—an icon whose reign redefined what it meant to be a monarch in a modern republic. Far from the ceremonial stereotype often associated with royal stools, Oba Adetona stood out as a king of
