Gov. Makinde Presents Staff Of Office To Soun Of Ogbomoso
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has presented the Staff of Office to the 21st Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye Orumogege III.
The governor presented the staff of office to the monarch on Tuesday during the coronation of the new Soun of Ogbomoso at the Ogbomoso Township Stadium.
Present at the coronation are; former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Ademola Adeleke, former minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and other eminent personalities.
Other dignitaries at the event are a former President of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), Chief Adebayo Oyero, traditional rulers, captains of industry and clerics from within and outside the country.
Traditional rulers from the five local government areas comprising the Ogbomoso geo-political zone, sons and daughters of Ogbomoso and other residents of the ancient city are currently at the event.
Osun Defender recalls that Governor Makinde had approved the selection of Prince Afolabi Olaoye of Olaoye Ruling House on September 2nd this year.
The kingmakers in Ogbomoso, led by the Areago of Ogbomoso, High Chief Sobalaje Otolorin, on 8th September 2023, installed Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso at Abat
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