Olubadan Of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji Joins His Ancestors At 93

The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, is dead.

The monarch, who died at age 93, passed away today, 2 January, 2022 at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, Oyo state.

Oba Adetunji ascended the throne in March 2016 following the demise of his predecessor Samuel Odulana Odungade.

A former lawmaker, Senator Lekan Balogun, may be next in line to succeed the departed monarch according to the laid down hierarchy of ascension the Ibadan throne.

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