With Strict Warning, New Alaafin Of Oyo, Owoade Unveils Official Title The new Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, would be addressed as His Imperial Majesty
The Round Table discloses that this was made known in a statement issued on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
Oba Owoade implored the general public to cohere strictly to the wordings of the official title.
The statement reads: “This is to tell the general public that the proper manner of addressing the Alaafin for all activities and in the media is EXACTLY as follows:
HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY IKU BABA YEYE OBA ABIMBOLA AKEEM OWOADE I ALAAFIN OF OYO
“The number after OWOADE is the Roman Numeral One (I), not the English Number One (1).
“The public is enjoined to cling strictly to apply the wordings as precisely as disclosed above and without subjoining prefix or suffix to any of the names as reported above.”
Meanwhile, a contender for the Alaafin of Oyo stool, Prince Lukman Gbadegesin, has filed a lawsuit at the Oyo State High Court opposing the appointment of Prince Akeem Owoade as the new Alaafin.
The Round Table gathered that the suit, filed on February 12, 2025, seeks to overturn Owoade’s appointment, citing violations of the Chiefs Law of Oyo State, 2000, and the Registered Alaafin Chieftaincy Declaration of 1961.
Gbadegesin, through his lawyer, Kunle Sobaloju (SAN), argued that the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde’s approval of Owoade’s appointment within five days was “unlawful, unconstitutional, invalid, null, and void.”
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He argued that the Oyomesi (kingmakers) had already chose him as the rightful candidate, and he is demanding a court declaration verifying his nomination as valid.
He claimed that Governor Makinde’s decision violated due process in several key areas.
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Published 3/18/2025