All is set to confer the title of Ogbeni Oja of Ijebu Ode on a foremost global medical expert, Olor’Ogun Dr Sonny Kuku.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Alaiyeluwa Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona will confer the coveted chieftaincy title of Ogbeni Oja of Ijebu Ode on Olor’Ogun on Saturday, February 3, 2024.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Chairman, Installation Committee, Baagbimo of Ijebu, Dr Fassy Yusuf.
Fassy, a Distinguished Fellow from the University of Lagos, UNILAG said the ceremony will commence at 10.00 a.m at the Oba S. K. Adetona Royal Pavilion, Ijebu Ode.
Kuku, the Chairman of Eko Hospitals PLC, holds the national honour of the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR).
He is the current Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Benin, and former President Worldwide of the UNILAG Alumni Association, among many other accomplishments.
Kuku is also The OlorOgun of Ijebu Ode and the Chairman of the Awujale Council of Chiefs.
The holder of the Ogbeni Oja chieftaincy title enjoys precedence over any other chief in the palace of the Awujale, and the title is the highest that a freeborn Ijebu male can aspire to hold.
The Ogbeni Oja acts for the Awujale during interregna and holds the title at the pleasure of the Awujale. In recent history, the late Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola, and the late Chief Bayo Kuku were the holders of the title in succession.
