All arrangements have been concluded by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji to install the youngest ‘Mogaji’ ever in Ibadanland.
Come Monday, March 20, 2017, all roads will lead to the Popo-Yemoja Palace of the Olubadan as Niyi Ajao, 37, will be installed as Mogaji of Ayegun Compound, Inalende area of Ibadan North Local Government.
For long, many indigenes of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital have advised all compounds on the need to present young individuals as Mogajis when there are vacancies. This is because succession to the throne of Olubadan takes decades, through promotion from Mogaji to either of the two lines – Balogun and Otun.
Ajao, a technology expert, had to succumb to pressure, many years after he had been persuaded to take the position.
It was learnt that members of his compound had insisted, after the death of their last compound head, that the next person should be a young person.
It didn’t take them long before they settled for Ajao, who has been a Special Adviser on Information and Communication Technology from the beginning of the Abiola Ajimobi administration in Oyo State.
With the installation, Ajao becomes one of the Chiefs that may become an Olubadan in the future.
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