REMO TIMES NEWS MAGAZINE

There appears to be an end in sight to the protracted disputes surrounding the stool of the Alakenne of Ikenne, about 33 years after the passage of the last Alakenne of Ikenne Remo, Oba Gilbert Akindoyin Awomuti in 1986. The Obara royal family, the next ruling house to present candidate to fill the stool has been embroiled in disputes over the right candidate for the throne ever since.  There are strong indications that the Obara royal family is set to break the over 33 years old jinx surrounding the vacant stool of Alakenne of Ikenne Remo Land. This is coming about six years after the disputed 'coronation' of Prince Adeyinka Onakade as Alakenne of Ikenne, without going through the necessary traditional and statutory coronation requirements. Since his disputed coronation,  neither the self-acclaimed Alakenne nor the Ikenne community has ever known peace, with series of controversy and endless family disputes trailing his emergence and recognition by the then Otunb

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has urged the new Akarigbo, Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi to use his stool to unite and galvanize his subjects for the development of Remo land. Osinbajo said this in Sagamu, Ogun State at the installation and presentation of staff of office to the 19th Akarigbo of Remoland. The event held at the Gateway International Stadium, Sagamu and attracted prominent personalities including the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi; Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun; Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo; the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akinolu, top government functionaries, eminent Nigerians and community development associations among others among others. According to Vanguard Newspapers, the Vice President, who described the installation of Oba Ajayi “as a monumental historical event”, equally urged the monarch to ensure his reign marks the coming together of Remo sons and daughters for the progress of the town. Osinbajo said Akarigbo’

The chairman, Akarigbo coronation planning committee and a frontline business man; former President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who is also one of the most revered and influential Remo leaders, Asiwaju S.K Onafowokan has assured indigenes and residents of Sagamu and the entire Remo land of a prosperous reign under the new Akarigbo of Remo land, His Royal Majesty, Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi. Asiwaju Onafowokan gave this assurance in an exclusive chat with Remo Times , when baring his mind on his expectations from the leadership of the new Akarigbo of Remo Land. Asiwaju stressed that, Oba Ajayi has promised to open up the entire Sagamu and Remo for further industrilisation and commercial activities. ‘Sagamu, by geographic location is a gateway city, within a gateway state. Therefore, Sagamu should be the destination of first choice for any industry. As a member of the Manufacturer Association of Nigeria, we will continue to encourage industries to come here’.

The entire Sagamu and Remo communities of Ogun state are set to witness a new dawn in traditional administration of the division. This follows the plan by the new Akarigbo of Remo Land, Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi, a successful chartered accountant and Lawyer by profession to run a technology-driven traditional administration. The paramount ruler of Remo Land revealed his desire to redefine traditional administration in Nigeria, with the plan to adopt a unique blend of technology and ICT into the day-to-day running of the affairs of Remo Land. The monarch, who possesses dual professional backgrounds in Law and Accountancy, has promised to bring his wide professional exposures to bear on his new position as the Akarigbo of Remo Land. Oba Ajayi disclosed this in an exclusive chat with Remo Times and some selected media houses in his expansive country home in Sagamu, Ogun state. He said, ‘I do not see the reason why we cannot introduce technology into traditional administra

Less than one week after his official coronation and presentation of instruments of office, by the Ogun state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, the new Akarigbo and Paramount ruler of Remo Land, His Royal Majesty, Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi, has stepped out in royal style. Pictures of the handsome and light-skinned monarch, decked in stylish royal attires has surfaced in public domain. Judging from the beautiful royal pictures, the classy monarch surely exhibits a high sense of royal fashion sense. Recall that the governor of Ogun state, Senator Ibikunle Aamosun formally presented instruments of office to the monarch at a well-attended event witnessed by Nigeria’s vice president, Prof Yemi Oshinbajo, who is also an indigene of Ikenne Remo among many other distinguished guests from across the country. Check out these pictures and draw your own conclusion about our new royal father. 

The new Akarigbo of Remo Land, His Royal Majesty, Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi has described his emergence as the 19 th Akarigbo of Remo Land as the handiwork of God. Oba Ajayi disclosed this in an exclusive chat with selected journalists in his palatial Sagamu country home. The handsome monarch also revealed that, he never dreamt of becoming the Akarigbo of Remo Land for once, until providence brought him to the throne. The paramount ruler of Remo land disclosed that, ‘apart from jokingly telling my wife that, I will marry another wife when I become a king, I never dreamt of it. But, as it is now, God has turned what I call a joke into a reality’. Responding to questions on his wide acceptance by all and sundry across Remo Land as soon as he was announced as the preferred candidate, by the kingmakers among several other eminently qualified princes. This is unlike the usual practice where there would be controversies and litigations, after the emergence of a preferred