Alaafin Abimbola Owoade receives Oyo crown

Oba Abimbola Owoade has been crowned the 46th Alaafin of Oyo.

Owoade succeeds the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who died on April 22, 2022, at 83.

The coronation took place at Olivet Baptist High School in Oyo, where Governor Seyi Makinde led a host of dignitaries to the event.

The coronation happened barely three years after the last monarch, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi died.

President Bola Tinubu was represented by Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu.

Recall that Oba Owoade, who was presented with the staff of office and instrument of office on Monday, January 13, 2025, at the Governor’s Office in Ibadan, the state capital.