Soji Ajibola looks at the various challenges that nearly truncate the succession bid of Oba Owolabi Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland, concluding that with a date now set for his installation, it is a case of ‘all’s well that that ends well’.

IBADAN’S unique traditional system of selecting the city’s paramount ruler, Olubadan of Ibadanland,  recently faced a lot of challenges, especially in the appointment of successor to Oba Senator Lekan Balogun, the 42nd Olubadan, who joined his ancestors on March 14, 2024.

Ibadan indigenes, residents as well as other Yoruba and non-Yoruba across the country had expected that the selection of his successor would be seamless and quick due to the established process for ascending the throne, but, interestingly, it has not gone rapidly as envisaged. …CONTINUE READING