The palace of Owa Igbajo has clarified that the incumbent Owa of Igbajo land, Oba Ademola Makinde, Onigemo I, may be very a lot alive and hale.
An announcement on Tuesday by Gbonjubola Loremikan Olorunnisola, the Conventional Secretary,
Royal Courtroom of Igbajo, the Palace famous that some reviews misrepresented Prince Adegboyega Famodun, who handed away on Sunday because the incumbent Owa Igbajo.
Although Olorunnisola disclosed that the palace and the entire Igbajo neighborhood mourn the demise of Prince Famodun, which he described as an illustrious son of Igbajo land, it ought to be positioned on document that the present occupant of the stool is Oba Makinde.
He stated, “The palace needs to appropriate the complicated story that has flooded social media—together with print and digital media—that the Owa of Igbajo land has handed.
This deceptive data has brought on many properly‑that means Nigerians to inundate the palace with telephone calls, whereas others have thronged to the palace from far and close to to ask after His Royal Majesty.
The palace needs to tell most people that Alayeluwa Oba Dr. Ademola Stephen Kayode Makinde, Onigemo I, the Owa of Igbajo land, is alive and wholesome.”
Recall that late Famodun was dethroned by Governor Ademola Adeleke because the thirtieth Owa of Igbajo earlier than he approached the courtroom for redress.
Giving an replace of the litigations, The Conventional Secretary defined that “the case between the late Famodun, whom the media known as Owa of Igbajo, and the incumbent of Igbajo continues to be pending earlier than the courtroom of regulation.
To place the document straight, there may be an impending case on the Appellate Courtroom in Akure, the place the substantive enchantment in opposition to the judgment of the Excessive Courtroom in Ile‑Ife. A Keep of Execution was filed on the Excessive Courtroom in Ile-Ife however has not been heard.
This, nevertheless, makes the established order stay. Each events to the enchantment had been in courtroom on thirteenth November 2025, and the case was subsequently adjourned to January 2026.”
The palace stated Famodun labored tirelessly to put an indelible mark amongst his political associates and the Igbajo neighborhood.
“We commiserate with the Gbeleru Royal Home, the quick household of Prince Philip Adegboyega Famodun, and the Igbajo neighborhood as a complete, and pray that the Lord offers everybody the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss,” the assertion stated.