Osun State Government announced the appointment of Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi as the new Ooni, the town’s revered monarch.The formal announcement was made in the early hours through a statement signed by the Secretaryto the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Moshood Olalekan Adeoti.In the three-paragraph statement, the government said: “The governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, has approved the appointment of a new Ooni of Ife. He is Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi of the Giesi Ruling House of Ile Ife, State of Osun.“This choice follows the completion of the due process by the kingmakers and the communication of their decision to the government,” the statement added.One of the kingmakers and secretary to Ife Traditional Council, Chief Adetoye Olatunde Odewole, told Daily Sun at the Ile-Odua Palace in Ife yesterday that Prince Adeyeye Ogunwusi who contested alongside 36 other contestants from theGiesi Ruling House was unanimously voted winnerby the 14 kingmakers and his name was submitted to the governor at the weekend for official announcement.
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