By Kayode Adeoti
The Omu Aran community in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara has inaugurated a 30-man committee to oversee a befitting installation for its newly approved monarch, Oba Abdulraheem Oladele Adeoti.
The 30-man coronation committee is headed by former Military Administrator of Bauchi and Osun states, Col. Theophilus Bamgboye (Retd) and has Jide Oyinloye as Secretary.
Adeoti with his entourage, had on Saturday arrived the community from Ilorin, to commence the seven-day traditional seclusion prior to his installation scheduled for September 22, 2018.
The development followed his recent approval and letter of appointment from the state government after his nomination for the vacant stool by the kingmakers.
Adeoti’s emergence is coming nine months after the immediate past Olomu, Oba Charles Oladele Ibitoye, joined his ancestors on November 30, 2017, after a brief illness.
Speaking during the inauguration of the committee in Omu Aran, the Chairman of Irepodun Local Government Council, Hon. Muyiwa Oladipo, urged the members to live above board.
Oladipo expressed the need for members to put in their best and come up with a coronation befitting the status of Adeoti as a first class monarch.
โThis committee has been put in place to give the community an auspicious and memorable coronation to depict maximum love and respect as our tradition,โ the Chairman added.
Responding, Bamgboye, thanked the community leaders for the opportunity given to the committee members in contributing their quota to the upcoming historical event.
On his part, the Eesa of Omu Aran, Chief Jide Adebayo who represented the Olomu-in-council, described the committee members as people of proven quality, competency, integrity and transparency.
In his remarks, the President, Omu Aran Development Association (ODA), Chief Bisi Adeyemi, expressed optimism in the ability of the committee to deliver as planned.
Meanwhile, the Olasankale Descendants in Omu Aran, has commended the state government over the approval of Adeoti as the new Olomu.
The family in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Alhaji Azeez Kolawole Olawuyi, described government’s gesture as “unprecedented and heart warming”.
Olasankale Descendant is a component of Ijoko/Olasankale ruling house where Adeoti hails from.
The statement particularly commended the role played by the state Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, the kingmakers and the Olomu-in-Council, Omu-Aran Development Association (ODA) and other stakeholders in making the approval a reality.
They however expressed confidence in the ability of the new monarch in piloting the affairs of the community while also praying that his reign would witness peace, unity and tranquillity.
