Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Oba Owolabi Olakuleyin as the 43rd Olubody of lbbadanland.
State Commissioner for Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Olusegun Olayiwola, disclosed in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan.
He said Makinde gave the approval in a memo signed on Friday.
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Olakuleyin will replace Oba Lekan Balogun who died on March 15.
The statement read: “This is in exercise of the powers conferred on him under Section 19 (Chapter 28) of the Laws of Oyo State of 2000 as amended.
“The agreement is the culmination of a series of processes established by the country’s extant laws regarding ascension to the royal throne.”
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