Ile-Ife, as a religious and cultural matrix of the Yorubas and its cradle, has unique importance in its history. Many, if not all Obas in Yorubaland, left Ile-Ife for their various settlements. The recent nomination, of Ooni elect –Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, a forty-one year old real estate magnate and Prince from the Geisi Ruling House of Ile-Ife did not come easy. He would become the 51st Ooni of Ife after fulfillment of all processes for the exalted stool.
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