Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi of the Giesi ruling house has emerged the 51st Ooni of Ile-Ife, Osun State governor Rauf Aregbesola has said in a press statement.
Aregbesola said in the brief statement that the kingmakers of Ife had completed the required process and communicated the choice of Prince Ogunwusi to his office for approval.
Ogunwusi takes over from Oba Sijuade, who died on July 28, 2015 in a London hospital.
A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, reads: “The Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has approved the appointment of Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi of Giesi Ruling House as the new Ooni of Ife.
“This choice follows the completion of the due process by the kingmakers and theCOMMUNICATION of their decision to government.”
Ogunwusi was picked 89 days after the death of Oba Okunade Sijuwade in London.
Oba Sijuwade passed on after a brief illness on July 28, but his death was confirmed on August 10.
Ogunwusi of the Ojaja Royal compound of Agbedegbede in the Giesi Ruling House, attended The Polytechnic, Ibadan, and obtained a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accountancy.
He went into business and became a property merchant.
source:nigerianeye.
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