No fewer than 35 aspirants have to date been screened by the Ruling Home Discussion board as potential candidates for the throne of the Awujale of Ijebuland.
It was additionally gathered that extra Princes are nonetheless jostling for the revered crown.
Fusengbuwa Ruling Home is subsequent in line to provide the subsequent Awujale to succeed the late Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, who hailed from the Anikilaiya Ruling Home.
The Olori-Ebi of the Home, Adedokun Ajidagba, who spoke throughout a household gathering of greater than 200 princes and princesses of the Fusengbuwa Ruling Home at Ile Nla Quarters, Agusenbi, Ijebu-Ode, yesterday, declared that the crown of the Awujale stool will not be on the market and would solely go to a rightful and legit candidate from the household.
Ajidagba reaffirmed that the Ijebu-Ode royal household stays robust and united, emphasising that the Awujale stool is a sacred image of heritage, and should not be commercialised.
Additionally talking with journalists, one of many contestants, Shakiru Bello, stated the household stays united, noting that cooperation has strengthened their frequent trigger.
One other aspirant, Senni Ottun, described the gathering as a unifying step ahead, saying that the Fusengbuwa Ruling Home at Ile-Nla is rising stronger by the day, including that the huge turnout exhibits that the household is shifting in the appropriate path towards a promising future.
