Oba Abimbola Owoade has been crowned the 46th Alaafin of Oyo. He succeeds the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who died on April 22, 2022, at 83.
Governor Seyi Makinde led a host of dignitaries, including notable Nigerians to the coronation which took place at Olivet Baptist High School in Oyo.
The coronation happened barely three years after the last monarch, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, joined his ancestors.
Oba Owoade, who was presented with the staff of office and instrument of office on Monday, January 13, 2025, at the Governor’s Office in Ibadan, the state capital, ascends the throne after the late Oba Lamidi Adeyemi.
The new monarch completed the compulsory 21-day traditional rites known as Oro Ipebi last Saturday, March 29.
