Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State
and Chairman, Nigerian Governors’ Forum are among the prominent Nigerians that
have arrived for the coronation of Senator Lekan Balogun as the 42nd Olubadan
of Ibadanland.
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun; former Vice President
Atiku Abubakar; Ondo State Deputy Governor, Lucky Ayedatiwa and Osun State
Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi are also some of the prominent citizens in
attendance.
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi; Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye
Ogunwusi; Oluwo of Iwoland, Rasheed Akanbi; and Olugbo of Ugbo, Oba Fredrick
Akinruntan are also present.
The new Olubadan has been ushered into the venue.
Security is very tight at the venue as many dignitaries are
having difficulty entering into the venue
Indigenes of Ibadan, as well as residents and well-wishers,
have started trooping in their hundreds to the Mapo Hall, venue of the
installation ceremony of Oba Olalekan Balogun, as the 42nd Olubadan of
Ibadanland.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that other prominent
Nigerians, especially sons and daughters of Ibadanland; politicians, captains
of industries, and a flock of tourists and stakeholders — home and abroad,
graced the occasion.
Many associations, in different colorful outfits, are seen
within and outside the Mapo Hall premises — venue of the event, dancing to the
indigenous Yorùbá music of Ibadanland.
No fewer than four popular Yorùbá musicians including an
Ibadan-based Fuji maestro, have set their stages to entertain dignitaries and
well-wishers at the kingly occasion.
A visit to the Ali-Iwo Compound, where the new Olubadan
hails from, shows that ceremonial activities are afoot, as choral groups are
seen singing in praises of the Ali-Iwo Family.
Traditional drummers and native praise-singers, with scores
of sight-seers, are also sighted at different spots on the Oje-Beere-Oja-Oba
axis.
Meanwhile, there is a heavy deployment of security
operatives to some strategic locations within the Metropolis, especially the roads
leading to the venue of the event.
Correspondents of NAN, monitoring the situation, also
observe the presence of teams of Nigerian security agencies including the
NSCDC, Operation Burst and Amotekun personnel, gallantly deployed to prevent a
breakdown of law and order.
Also, officers of the Oyo State Fire Service are on ground
at the venue to tend to any fire incident.
Major roads leading to Mapo Hall have been blocked, while
commuters are trekking a circuitous distance in getting to their destination
and venue of the ceremony.
Also observed is the presence of traditional worshipers a
few metres away from the venue chanting, dancing and ecstatic about the
auspicious ceremony.
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