The Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, has put in Chief Suarau Bankole as the brand new Apena Egbaland.
Alake put in Bankole, father of former Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, at a ceremony held at his palace over the weekend.
Nigerian Tribune experiences that the Apena was the Secretary to the Authorities within the defunct Egba United Nations in addition to the mouthpiece and consultant of the Egba Alake part in that authorities as a result of all others represented sure pursuits.
The ceremony was attended by two former governors of the state, Segun Osoba and Gbenga Daniel; the Osile of Oke-Ona, king of the Tejuoso Adedapo; the Olowu of Owu, Oba (Prof) Saka Matemilola and former Nigerian Ambassador to the UK, Sarafa Isola, amongst others.
Talking on the ceremony, Osoba mentioned the brand new Apena was the precise selection for the exalted chieftaincy place in Egbaland, including that it was additionally a time of payback for him after his contributions to the Egba Conventional Council.
Osoba recalled Bankole's roles in the course of the course of that led to the emergence of Oba Gbadebo because the tenth Alake of Egbaland.
In his remarks, Daniel described Bankole as a person of integrity who’s succesful and could be useful to the Egba conventional council.
After his set up, Bankole pledged his loyalty to the Alake and the standard council, and guaranteed that he would additionally pay respect to different rulers in Egbaland.
“I need to guarantee you that we’ll work collectively. We are going to deliver peace. I promise to be loyal and to respect all Obas,” he mentioned.
He additionally disclosed that the primary individual to carry the place of Apena between 1898 and 1919 was his great-grandfather.
Bankole additionally revealed that he had rejected the provide to develop into Apena just a few years in the past attributable to causes, including that the just-deceased Apena was his youthful classmate in main faculty.
He mentioned: 'I'm a couple of yr and a half older than him. When he was to be appointed, the authorities within the palace needed me, however I couldn’t take the place for 2 causes.
“The structure clearly requires that the place be rotated inside two royal homes. Chief Toye Coker was my cousin, and he got here from my very own authorities home.
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