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New Ooni of Ife to be crowned today

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Prince Enitan Ogunwusi, will be crowned today as the Arole-Oduduwa and assumed the title of the Ojaja II, having completed the coronation rites at the Ilofi shrine at Iremo in Ife late yesterday.Ooni of Ife

Ogunwusi who through due process was unanimously voted by 14 out of 16 kingmakers as two of them were late.

Sources from the Ooni’s palace said Prince Ogunwusi would be crowned at the Ile- Oodua today and would enter the palace for the first time as the new Ooni of Ife to take over after the death of his predecessor, Oba Okunade Sijuwade.

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Information reaching us has it that the coronation will not be done in public in accordance with the custom and tradition of Ile-Ife and only members of the Isoro cult will attend the event.

The new Ooni of Ife is a 40-year-old real estate entrepreneur, who attended the Ibadan polytechnic, where he obtained a Higher National Diploma (HND) in accountancy.
He is currently the managing director of Howard Roark Gardens Limited which is undertaking the multi-million naira Jacob Mews Estate project in Yaba and the Lakeview real estate development in Lekki. The news about the 40-year-old new Ooni of Ife came as a surprise to many Nigerians.

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Prince Ogunwusi who had begun the traditional rites at Ilofi on Friday, October 30, and his official coronation and public inauguration is billed for December 7, 2015.

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