Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland, has died at the age of 91.
The monarch passed away on Sunday, just hours after the
announcement of the death of Muhammadu Buhari, his longtime friend and former
president.
Adetona ascended the throne on April 2, 1960, and reigned
for over 64 years, making him one of the longest-serving traditional rulers in
Nigerian history.
His friendship with Buhari dated back to the 1980s and was
cemented under extraordinary circumstances.
In 1983, just before Buhari’s military coup, Olabisi
Onabanjo, then Ogun state governor, had already signed a formal order deposing
Adetona. The removal was scheduled to take effect on January 2, 1984.
But the coup of December 31, 1983 — which toppled Nigeria’s
civilian government — halted the plan. Buhari’s intervention inadvertently
preserved the Awujale’s reign.
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