ROYAL FATHER OF THE DAY: ALAYELUWA S K ADETONA CFR,AWUJALE OF IJEBULAND

Sikiru Kayode Adetona, CFR,(we always use name to address the King) Ogbagba  II is an Alaiyeluwa,  Awujale of Ijebuland .(Ti Gbogb Ijebu T’ile T’oko). Born to Anikilaya 1 Ogbagba Royal family of Ijebu-Ode ,to Prince Rufai Adetona, whilst his mother was Alhaja Ajibabi Adetona (née Onashile), on May, 10, 1934.  

He attended Baptist School, Ereko, Ijebu Ode; Ogbere United Primary School, Oke Agbo, Ijebu Igbo; and Ansar-Ud-Deen School, Ijebu Ode between 1943 and 1950. For his secondary education, he was at Olu-Iwa (now Adeola Odutola) College, Ijebu Ode from 1951 to 1956. Between 1957 and 1958 he took up appointment with the then Audit Department of the Western Region. Ibadan. He   resigned his appointment in 1958 to pursue further studies in accountancy in the United Kingdom.       

He was recalled back home in 1959 to become the next Awujale having been put forward by his father, who was next in line to the throne. On January 18, 1960, the Head of the Ijebu Ode Regency Council, the Ogbeni-Oja, Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola formally presented the new traditional ruler to the whole world .He became king on the 2nd day of April, 1960. Alaiyeluwa S.K.Adetona has three wives and nine (9) children and has ruled Ijebuland from 1960 till date.

He has several honorary degrees including the Doctor of Law (LL.D) from the University of Technology, Yola; Doctor of Civil Law (D.CL) from Ogun State University, now Olabisi Onabanjo University amongst other awards. He is an honest statesman, an astute businessman and a symbol of peace and unity.

The ‘Awujale served in the Western House of Obas, he has been Chairman of the Ogun State Council of Traditional Rulers, he has served as special envoy to South Africa, also as member of the Political Reform Assembly and as Chancellor of a Federal University. At many critical moments in Nigerian history he has been privileged to exercise influence, offer advice and guide the new leaders, but nonetheless, he laments the violation of the traditional institution by ambitious arrivistes as the root cause of the Nigerian crisis, even as he points out the opportunism of the traditional ruling elite.’