Awujale Explained

Awujale is the royal title of the monarch of the Ijebu Kingdom. The holder is addressed as the Awujale of Ijebuland.^[1] The present Awujale is Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona Ogbagba II. He is from the House of Anikinaiya.

By the declaration made under section 4(2) of the Chiefs Law 1957 of the Customary Law regulating the selection of the Awujale of Ijebuland Chieftaincy, there are four ruling houses:^[2]

1. House of Gbelegbuwa
2. House of Anikinaiya
3. House of Fusengbuwa
4. House of Moyegeso

The Declaration was approved 25 August 1959 and registered on 1 September 1959.

List of past and present Awujales

• OBA OLU-IWA
• OBA OSHIN
• OBANTA – 1430
• OBA GURU – 1445
• OBA MUNIGBUWA – 1455
• OBANTA II – 1460
• OBA LOJA – 1470
• OBA LOFIN – 1482
• OBA APASA – 1496
• OBA GANJU – 1508
• OBA TEWOGBOYE – 1516
• OBA RUWAMUDA – 1520
• OBA OFINRAN – 1532
• OBA LAPENGBUA – 1537
• OBA OTUTUBIOSUN – 1537
• OBA MOKO IDOWA AJUWAKALE – 1540
• OBA ADISA – 1552
• OBA JEWO – 1561
• OBA ELEWU ILEKE – 1576
• OBA OLUMISODAN ELEWU ILEKE – 1590
• OBA MASE – 1620
• OBA OLOTUSESO – 1625
• OBA MOLA – 1635
• OBA AJANA – 1642
• OBA ORE OR GADEGUN – 1644 (The first female Awujale)
• OBA GUNWAJA – 1655
• OBA JADIARA OR OLOWOJOYEMEJI – 1660
• OBA SAPOKUN – 1675
• OBA FALOKUN – 1687
• OBA MEKUN – 1692
• OBA GBODOGI – 1702
• OBA OJIGI AMOYEGESO – 1710
• OBA LIYEWE AROJOFAYE – 1730
• OBA MOYEGE OLOPE – 1730
• OBA OJORA – 1735
• OBA FESOJOYE – 1745
• OBA ORE JEJE – 1749 (Female)
• OBA SAPENNUWA RUBA KOYE – 1750 (Female)
• OBA ORODUDU JOYE – 1755
• OBA TEWOGBUWA I – 1758
• OBA GBELEGBUWA I – 1760
• OBA FUSENGBUWA – 1790
• OBA SETEJOYE – 1820
• OBA ANIKILAYA FIGBAJOYE AGBOOGUNSA – 1821
• OBA AFIDIPOTEMOLE ADEMUYEWO – 1850
• OBA ATUNWASE ADESINBO – 1886
• OBA OGBAGBA AGBOTEWOLE I – 1895
• OBA FUSIGBOYE ADEONA – 1906
• OBA FESOGBADE ADEMOLU – 1916 (Dethroned)
• OBA ADEKOYA ELERUJA – 1916
• OBA ADEMOLU FESOGBADE – 1917 (Enthroned again)
• OBA ADENUGA AFOLAGBADE – 1925
• OBA OGUNNAIKE FIBIWOJA – 1929
• OBA DANIEL ADESANYA GBELEGBUWA II – 1933-1959
• OBA Dr. SIKIRU OLUWAKAYODE ADETONA, OGBAGBA AGBOTEWOLE II – 1960–present

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ijebu History . ijebumn.org . 30 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170127050006/http://ijebumn.org/Ijebu_History.html . 27 January 2017 . dead.
2. Web site: Ijebu Community Association | History . 26 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313065251/http://www.ijebuassociation.org/Discover-Ijebuland/History/ctl/Details/mid/5769/itemid/212?SkinSrc=%5BG%5DSkins%2FDarkKnight%2F2-Column-Left-Mega-Menu . 13 March 2016 . dead .