Governor Makinde Presents Staff of Office to Alaafin-elect Prince Akeem Abimbola Owoade

The Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has officially presented the instruments of office to the newly appointed Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Abimbola Owoade. The ceremony took place on Monday 13, January 2025, at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Oyo State Secretariat, Ibadan.

Governor Seyi Makinde Appoints Prince Owoade as the Alaafin-elect of Oyo

In a bid to replace Oba Lamidi Adeyemi who passed on, on April 22, 2022, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Friday, 10^th January 2025, formally approved the appointment of Prince Akeem Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo.

Governor Makinde was said to have communicated the approval in a public statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, on Friday.

Born into the revered Owoade-Agunloye royal family in Oyo town, Prince Owoade is the descendant of Aremo Aderounmu Iyanda Owoade, Agure Compound, Oyo town, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Police Arrests a Teacher for Child Abuse (Corporal Punishment)

One Stella Nwadigo, aged 45, the teacher who physically abused the 3-year-old Abayomi Micheal of Christ-Mitots School in Ikorodu, has been arrested by the police. She was arrested on Tuesday 8th Jan, 2025, immediately after the criminal act. Justice must be served.

Muyiwa Adejobi, Force PRO.