Family Nominates UNILORIN Spokesman As New Akogun Of Oke-Ode

The Akogun Family of Oke-Ode in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State has nominated the director of Corporate Affairs of the University of Ilorin, Mr AbdulGaniyu Kunle Akogun, to fill the vacant stool of Akogun of Oke-Ode.

The stool became vacant on January 10, 2024, following the demise of the town’s 6th Akogun, Chief AbdulRauf Tunde Akogun.

Rising from its 2025 Annual Reunion/General Meeting in Oke-Ode on Sunday, the family said the nomination awaits ratification whenever a new Elesa of Oke-Ode is installed.

The secretary of Akogun Chieftaincy Family Forum (ACFF), Mr Ismail Akogun, broke the news in a statement yesterday.

The chairman of the Akogun Chieftaincy Family Forum, who is also the Chief Imam of Ifelodun Pako Central Mosque, Amukoko, Lagos, prayed to Almighty Allah to give Oke-Ode a new progressive and people-loving Elesa soon.

He also prayed for the continued peace and progress of the town.

Since historic times, the Akogun chieftaincy stool has been domiciled in the Akogun Boogun Compound of Oke-Ode.

Since the town was settled at the historic ‘Ori Oke,’ the family has produced six successive holders of the traditional chieftaincy title.

The Akogun of Oke-Ode designate is the current national public relations officer of the Oke-Ode community, the immediate past national publicity secretary of the Igbomina Professionals Association (IPA), and the vice chairman of the Igbomina-Ekiti Muslims Forum (IEMF).