Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has approved the appointment of Prince Adesuyi Haastrup as the new Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijesha land.
The new Owa Obokun is the founder and Chairman of ENL Consortium, the operator of terminals C and D at the Lagos Port Complex Apapa.
The governor also approved Prince Johnson Adekanmi Abikoye as the new Asaoni of Ora Igbomina.
A press statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, to that effect, indicates that the approval of the two monarchs was ratified and approved during the seating of the Osun State Executive Council Meeting presided over by the governor on Friday.
According to the statement, the appointments of Prince Haastrup as the new Owa-elect was sequel to the demise of the immediate past Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijesha land, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran II on the 11th September 2024 while that of Prince Abikoye as the new Asaoni of Ora Igbomina followed the demise of Oba Tinuoye Atolagbe on the 19th November 2023.
Adeleke, while congratulating the two newly approved monarchs whom he said their choices followed due processes in line with the Chiefs’ law of Osun State 2002 (cap 25), enjoined all sons and daughters of the two towns to cooperate with their new traditional rulers, particularly in allowing peace and unity to take the centre stage.
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