26/01/2024
THE STORY OF ASCENSION OF OBA OMOWONUOLA OYEYODE OYESOSIN TO THE THRONE OF HIS FOREFATHERS AS THE 29TH OGIYAN ON 25TH JANUARY 1974.
Researched By: A'isha, Olajumoke Bimbola Eyolade II
Olugbade (Osunfiade's Comp.) Ejigbo, Osun State.
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.
The rich Yoruba language has expressions that support the stand that acquisition of true and genuine kingship or obaship position does not come by human might but by divine intervention which could also mean destiny. It is perhaps the acclamation of this belief that led to the emergence of the Yoruba expressions: “Ori ti o dade, koni salai dade” (the destined beaded-crown head will not miss the crown) and “Ati dade kinnihun, ko seyin eledumare” (the wearing of the crown by the lion was God-ordained). It is to the glory of God that the truism of these words of our elders, which are words of wisdom, divinely played themselves out squarely in the life of the reigning Ogiyan of Ejigbo Land, HRM, Oba Omowonuola Oyeyode Oyesosin II who turned 88 and 50 years on the throne. By way of information, Ejigbo is an ancient town in Yoruba land and the headquarters of Ejigbo Local Government in Osun State.
The story of ascension of Oba Oyeyode Oyesosin to the throne of his forefathers as the 29th Ogiyan on 25th January 1974 is a pleasant commentary of a celestial decision translated into a vision and delivered as an unsolicited prophecy by a prophet to Oyeyode’s mother, Ibikoyo Abeje. The woman, who was at the time of the prophecy, a mother of six children from a marriage to a man who was neither a king nor a prince, had thought that she was done with conception and the pains of childbirth.
Records have shown that genuine prophecies have diverse ways of coming to fulfillment. In the case of Madam Ibikoyo Abeje, fate developed a relationship between her and a popular prince of Oyesosin family of Ondoye Ruling House of Ejigbo after the death of her husband. That relationship with Prince Salawu Oyeyode led to Madam Abeje bec
