AARE ONA KAKANFO RITES: GANI ADAMS TO BE IN SECLUSION FOR FOUR DAYS

The statement added further that, the schedule of rites already drawn by the palace will be preceded by a news conference to be addressed by the Oyo State Government to unveil the details of the installation ceremony on

“Since he was designated as the Aare Ona Kakanfo in 2017 by the Alaafin of Oyo, Iku Baba Yeye, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Adams had been engaged in several processes that will lead to his installation on January 13, 2018 at Durbar Stadium, Oyo, Oyo State;, the statement reads.

Oladipo said the conference would provide guests and users of the ever-busy Ibadan-Oyo-Ogbomoso Road with traffic diversion and parking arrangements, adding that among the several dignitaries expected at the ceremony are the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.

 Penpushing recalls that the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, announced Otunba Gani Adams, the National Coordinator, O’odua Peoples Congress, (OPC), as the 15th Generalissimo of Yoruba land on October 16, 2017