The Agbado-Ekiti Community in Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State has announced the transition of the Owa Ooro, Oba Dare Ita Okunbobade III.
The announcement was made by Chief Joseph Ogunyemi Adeuya, the Olumogbo of Agbado-Ekiti, on behalf of the elders and youths.
To fill the vacuum in the palace, a Regent, Princess Oke Ojo Okunbobade, has been appointed to run the affairs of the community.
The princess has assumed office and has been supervising the relocation of the community’s market to Ijarun Quarters, one of the traditional rites normally performed after the demise of an Owa Ooro.
She was supported by traditional chiefs, market women, youths, age groups and other interest groups as she performed the rite.
The indigenes also joined the Regent for a special service at Emmanuel Anglican Church and St. Paul’s Catholic Church as a mark of her acceptance.
Princess Okunbobade thanked the residents for allowing peace to reign after the demise of the monarch.
She urged the Ekiti State government to give the community amenities, such as good roads, potable water and materials for owners of over 100 houses recently destroyed by a rainstorm.
The traditional Prime Minister Temitope Ajayi said the appointment of the regent had doused tension following the monarch’s passage.
The community’s youth leader, Adeola Odesanmi, urged his contemporaries to refrain from violence.
He advised them to cooperate with the Regent to develop the community.
The parish priest of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Rev. Thomas Adebisi, urged the indigenes to live together in love, peace and harmony for the community to develop.