Governor Seyi Makinde has presented the staff of office to the new Alaafin of Oyo, Abimbola Akeem Owoade.
Seyi Makinde presented the official instrument to the new monarch today at the Exco Chamber of the Governor’s Office in Ibadan to validate the reign of the new king.
The symbolic event was performed nearly three years after the death of the former Alaafin, Lamidi Adeyemi III amid controversy concerning the choice of the new Alaafin announced by the governor last week.
Speaking at the event, the governor said the Alaafin’s stool is important not just to Oyo town but to the Yoruba race as a whole.
He also maintained that he decided not to meddle in the appointment of the new Alaafin because of his administration’s belief in openness and transparency.
