Osun Govt Approves Appointment Of Akire Of Ikire
Written by News Desk on March 28, 2026
Osun State government has approved the appointment of Prince Tajudeen Olanrewaju as the new Akire of Ikire.
The approval followed the demise of Oba Olatunde Falabi.
In a statement by Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Kolapo Alimi, the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Ademola Adeleke, deliberated on the detailed memo submitted by the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and approved the recommendations in line with extant laws and terms of settlement agreed to by the five Ruling Houses.
According to the statement, the stool of Akire of Ikire generated crisis in the year 2021 over the Supreme Court Judgment of 2014 which affirmed that Lambeloye Ruling House that produced Oba Olatunde Falabi had no legal right to occupy the stool of Akire of Ikire as at the time it did when a vacancy occurred in 1987.
The statement notes that the aftermath of the crisis made the Osun State Government in collaboration with all the five Ruling Houses of Ikire resolved and agreed on the amendment of 1958 Akire Chieftaincy Declaration which paved the way for Aketula Ruling House to be the next Ruling House whenever a vacancy occurred.
Others approved as new Obas according to the statement are; Prince Tijani Feyi Ademola as Aladodo of Adodo in Atakumosa East Local Government and Prince Jacob Adetayo Haastrup as Olumobi of Imobi – Ijesa, Atakumosa East Local Government.
