The people of Aramoko Ekiti, the headquarters of Ekiti West Local Government Area in Ekiti State, have appealed to well-to-do indigenes and the government to contribute their share to the development of the ancient town.
The Alara-In-Council, which appealed, also charged the state government to consider the community’s needs for more developmental projects.
The second-in-command to the Alara of Aramoko Ekiti, High Chief Diran Adebayo, spoke in the town during a press conference where the council officially announced the demise of the late monarch, Oba Adegoke Olu-Adeyemi.
Oba Olu-Adeyemi, who died on August 9, 2025, has since been buried according to Muslim rites in consensus with the community.
Speaking further on the development of the town, Chief Adebayo said there is a need for the government to come to their aid and for the natives of the city, wherever they are, to go home and give back to their community.
He said, “We are using this medium to call on good-spirited people, sons and daughters of the town, to join hands with the community leaders to develop Aramoko Ekiti. Aramoko is an ancient town, and Alara is one of the topmost traditional rulers in Yorubaland. The monarchs of Aramoko Ekiti, Ijero Ekiti, and Ila Orogun were all born of the same mother. Aramoko is a nodal town with history”.
On why the community is just announcing the passing of the traditional ruler, he said, “Customarily and traditionally, we have to wait for three months to pass before his demise is officially announced, and on Sunday, November 9, marked the third month of the passing of Oba Adegoke Olu Adeyemi”.
The community leader stated that since there should be no vacuum in the stool for a long time, a woman from the late monarch’s family has been appointed as regent, pending the installation of another monarch.
“The regent is Serifat Owolabi, nee Adeyemi. Incidentally, she is the first female regent in Aramoko Ekiti; all along, we have been blessed with male regents. We want peace to continue to reign in the Aramoko Kingdom and for the town to be peaceful, orderly, and free of any rancour. When the time is ripe enough, God will lead us to appoint a new monarch”.
In her brief remarks, the regent of the town, Princess Owolabi, noted that three months were to mourn the late monarch as the tradition of the town demands and for things to go the way they should.
