Obanla of Ipao Ekiti
Ekiti State Government has given the kingmakers at Ipao-Ekiti in Ikole Local Government a 14-day ultimatum to fill the royal stool of Obanla, which has been vacant for four years. Deputy Governor Bisi Egbeyemi gave the ultimatum yesterday at a meeting with the kingmakers in his office in Ado-Ekiti. He expressed dismay that the town had been without a traditional ruler since 2016. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former monarch, Oba Joseph Aina, who ascended the throne in 1962, joined his ancestors in 2016, after a 54-year reign. ADVERTISEMENT The deputy governor said government would abide by the 1982 Ipao-Ekiti Chieftaincy gazette, stipulating that it was the turn of the Adesogan ruling house to produce the next monarch. According to him, the development and progress of any town without a traditional ruler will be adversely affected, hence the need to fill the stool as early as possible. Egbeyemi said the Dr. Kayode Fayemi-led administration was desirous of promp...