The Ondo State Executive Council on Monday, approved the appointment of
15-year-old Prince Oloyede Adeyeoba as the Arujale of Okeluse in Ose
local government area of the state.
The 15-year-old Senior Secondary School student is the only surviving son of the late king.
The appointment was among the three ratified by the Executive Council
presided over by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Monday, 23rd March,
2020.
The council also approved was the appointment of Prince Ebenezer
Adewunmi Ogunmolasuyi as the Olupenmen of Upenmen in Owo local
government Area of Ondo State. The 47-year-old Mass Communication and
Journalism graduate from the Nigeria Institute of Journalism, NIJ and an
Associate Member of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations, NIPR is
from the Ayiwoye Akinola ruling house.
The Olupenmen stool became vacant in August 2017 after the demise of Oba (Rtd Col.) Samuel Ademulegun.
The third Prince whose selection was ratified is Prince Olorunsola Akinyelure as Odogbo of Ode Omi in Irele council area.
Briefing government house correspondents after the meeting, the
Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Lola Fagbemi,
flanked by his Information counterpart, Donald Ojogo, said
Ogunmolasuyi’s appointment followed an election conducted by kingmakers
in the community.
Fagbemi said the ratification was arrived at after hours of deliberations by the Council.
The election was supervised by Mr Segun Omojuwa, the Director of Local Government Administration in Owo local government.



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