PIX 16 OBA SAMUEL ODULANA ODUGADE I, OLUBADAN-DESIGNATE.
The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, is dead.
The monarch, 101, died Tuesday evening after he reportedly lost consciousness.
The Nation reliably gathered last night that the monarch’s corpse has been taken to a morgue as at press time.
The Personal Assistant to the late monarch, Chief Isiaka Akinpelu, however, denied the death, saying his principal was hale and hearty.
Oba Odulana mounted the throne in 2007 as the 39th Olubadan of Ibadan land.
He was the 17th Olubadan since the title was elevated from Baale Ibadan to the Olubadan in 1930.
The first traditional ruler to bear the new title was Oba Okunola Abass, who reigned from 1930-1946.
Comments