The Fusengbuwa ruling house of Ijebu Ode has reunited nearly 300 estranged princes and princesses as it prepares to present candidates for the vacant Awujale stool in Ogun State.
At a prayer session held on Saturday at Ile Nla Agunsebi, the family’s ancestral home, members of the house offered prayers for guidance in the process of choosing a successor to the late Awujale, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, who died on July 13, 2025, at the age of 91 after a 65-year reign.
The event, presided over by the head of the ruling house, High Chief Ola Adedokun Ajidagba, was also used to honour departed ancestors of the Fusengbuwa lineage.
“We are here today to celebrate our ancestors who were once Awujales of Ijebuland. From this Ile Nla Agunsebi Fusengbuwa ruling house, 25 Awujales have emerged,” Ajidagba said.
He explained that those who had earlier distanced themselves from the family were reintegrated during the gathering.
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“Those who were misled to identify elsewhere have come back, bringing kola nuts, bitter kola, and other items as appeasement for reintegration into the family. They are all great-grandchildren of Fusengbuwa,” he added.
Ajidagba warned against any attempt to manipulate the succession process, stressing that the family would resist such moves within the law.
“How can someone from Idowa Ijebu or Esugbon in Ijebu Imusin come to be Awujale in Ijebu Ode? It has never happened in the history of Ijebuland,” he said.
Also speaking, Prince Folu Ogidan Aderibigbe advised that the next Awujale should be a development-driven monarch between the ages of 45 and 60, and committed to the pursuit of Ijebu State.
