Ibadan to have 32 Obas, as Olubadan remains paramount ruler

Ibadan to have 32 Obas, as Olubadan remains paramount ruler

Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, would soon have a total of 32 beaded crown-wearing Obas, with the Olubadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, maintain his status as the paramount ruler of the ancient city.

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This is the highpoint of the recommendations by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry for the review of the existing 1957 Declaration of Olubadan of Ibadanland and other related chieftaincies in Ibadanland, set up by the Governor Abiola Ajimobi.

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To reduce the lengthy years it takes a potential Olubadan to get to the pinnacle of the two chieftaincy lines producing the Olubadan on rotational basis, the panel has also reduced the rungs from the existing 22 to 11 on the Otun line, while the Balogun line was reduced to 12 from 23.

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