Olubadan of Ibadanland, Lekan Balogun Dies Two Year After Ascending Throne

The 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun has joined his ancestors. He was aged 82.

The Olubadan died at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

The monarch passed on shortly after he was moved to the health facility for a yet to be disclosed ailment, The Matrix gathered.

Balogun came from Ali-Iwo compound in the present Ibadan North East local government area.

He was an academic and politician before he ascended the throne in 2022.

The monarch was a lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria and was later elected to represent Oyo Central Senatorial District between 1999 and 2003.

Balogun, who has a doctor of philosophy, became the Olubadan on 11 March 2022.

He succeeded Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji who joined his ancestors on 2nd January, 2022.

Incidentally, The Olubadan on Monday, thanked God for the grace and privilege to clock two years on the throne.

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Balogun, in a statement by his Personal Assistant on media, Oladele Ogunsola, in Ibadan, the state capital, said the second anniversary, which coincided with the commencement of this year’s Ramadan fast, was also used as an opportunity by the monarch to ask for prayers for the country by the Islamic faithful and expression of love for one another to make the period stress-free for the adherents.

The monarch said his clocking two years on the throne was a special grace by his creator and which he could not take for granted.

He said, “Two years just look like yesterday to me. But for those of you around me, I could not have imagined that two years have gone by just like that. I owe God every gratitude for the grace and privilege. I thank Him too for surrounding me with wonderful and loving people, who have made the reign seamless and peaceful.