The Executive Governor of Ogun State, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun will on Thursday hand over the staff of office to the Olota of Otta, Awori Kingdom-elect, Oba (Prof) Adeyemi Abdulkabir Obalanlege II.
The coronation ceremony of the former journalist is expected to draw high profile monarchs and dignitaries from far and wide and is scheduled to take place 11 am at the premises of Ansarudeen Comprehensive College, Ota.
Governor Amosun is the Special Guest of Honour while the Executive Chairman of Ado-Odo Local Government Area, Hon Bashiru Adeniji and the Commissioner for Local Government, Chief Jide Ojuko will serve as Chief Host and Guest of Honour respectively.
Obalanlege who was announced in November 2017 as the Olota-elect will become the 13th Olota, Ado-Odo Local Government Area of Ogun State by succeeding Moshood Alani Oyede who joined his ancestors in 2016.
He was elected following an unanimous vote by five surviving out of 12 kingmakers of the town.
Speaking with newsmen after the emergence of Obalenge, the Ekerin of Olota, Chief Bamgboye Akanbi Osunlabi described the selection exercise as successful.
He said, “I have the honour to present the certificate of return to the new Oba-elect and I want to express my joy for this very successful exercise which took us a lot of processes to arrive at this decision today including consultation of the oracle to guide our decision.
“The result is 5-0, we have five king makers and all of them voted for Prince Adeyemi Obalanlege.”
The chief added that in arriving at the decision, the educational background and family background of the contestants were critically considered.
The 52-year-old Oba-elect is an alumnus of Ogun State Polytechnic, Abeokuta (now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic).
Obalanlege, who defeated 22 others to emerge was a United Kingdom based journalist and a lecturer at the Department of Mass Communication, Crescent University, Abeokuta.
He was born in Lagos on the 29th of August, 1966 to Prince Hassan Taiwo Obalanlege of Ijemo Compound and Mrs Mutiat Afolake Obalanlege of Isoloshi Compound, Ota.
Obalanlege is a member, National Union of Journalists (NUJ), United Kingdom and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK. He was before now a lecturer at the University of East London, England and University of Lincoln, England.
