Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has presented the staff of office to the new Alaafin of Oyo, Abimbola Akeem Owoade.

The governor presented the official instrument legitimising the reign of a king to the new monarch on Monday morning at the Exco Chamber of the Governor’s Office in Ibadan, the state capital.

The presentation of the staff of office was done amid controversy concerning the choice of the new Alaafin announced by the governor last week.

The symbolic event was performed nearly three years after the death of the former Alaafin, Lamidi Adeyemi III.

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