The Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland and former governor of Oyo State, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja, on Friday hinted that the new Olubadan designate has emerged
High Chief Ladoja dropped this hint in Ibadan after the visit of Olubadan in Council members to the residence of the new Olubadan designate, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, at his Alalubosa area of Ibadan.
He pointed out that the date for the coronation of the new Olubadan shall be announce as soon as the burial rite for the late Oba Lekan Balogun is completed
According to High Chief Ladoja, there is no question about who becomes the next Olubadan going by the Ibadan tradition.
“The departed monarch (Oba Balogun) came from the Otun line, the next monarch will be from Balogun line, so, the head of Balogun line is the Balogun of Ibadanland, who has become the Olubadan designate”, he said
High Chief Ladoja added, “We all know that Ibadan does things accordingly, if a king dies, we already know who is next, we refer to him as designate.”
“We are here to formalise what next after the burial rite of the deceased would have been completed, we also discussed how to give befitting burial to the deceased.”
High Chief Ladoja maintained, “Since the deceased is a Muslim, he has to be buried in Islamic way, and the Islamic way is that he has to be buried today, so, it has been decided that he will be buried today at Aliwo, which is his ancestral home by 4pm today, (Friday).
“There will be a lying-in-state at Mapo hall from 12pm to 1pm before they move to Aliwo for burial, after that, there will be prayer for the late monarch.”
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