BREAKING: Lekan Balogun Installed As 42nd Olubadan Of Ibadan

In a colorful ceremony in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Chief Lekan Balogun was crowned the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadan.

Following the death of Oba Saliu Adetunji on January 2, the event on Friday drew a large crowd to the old Mapo Hall to witness the installation of a new monarch for the city.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Chairman of the Governors Forum Governor Kayode Fayemi, Governor Dapo Abiodun, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, and the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar were among those in attendance.

Rauf Olaniyan, the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, and Adebo Ogundoyin, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, were also present.

Balogun was given the staff of office as well as the instrument of office, making him the new Olubadan of Ibadan.

The new monarch in his address, said, “I will not let Ibadan down, I will not let Nigeria down, I thank Vice-President who came to represent the President, the former Vice President, the Ooni, Alaafin and other dignitaries present here.”