{"id":59525,"date":"2025-01-13T10:23:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T10:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59525"},"modified":"2025-01-13T10:27:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T10:27:54","slug":"makinde-installs-oba-owoade-as-46th-alaafin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/13\/makinde-installs-oba-owoade-as-46th-alaafin\/","title":{"rendered":"Substantive Alaafin Emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has officially installed Oba Akeem Abimbola Owoade as the 46th Alaafin of Oyo, presenting him with the staff and certificate of office.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony, held on Monday at the Governor\u2019s Office in Ibadan, was attended by dignitaries, traditional rulers, government officials, and Oyo residents.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Makinde hailed Oba Owoade as a custodian of Oyo\u2019s rich cultural heritage, expressing confidence in his ability to lead with wisdom, integrity, and a commitment to unity.<\/p>\n<p>In his acceptance speech, Oba Owoade pledged to prioritize the kingdom\u2019s development and the welfare of its people.<\/p>\n<p>He succeeds the late Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, who ruled for 50 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal\u00a0 Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has officially installed Oba Akeem Abimbola Owoade as the 46th Alaafin of Oyo, presenting him with the staff and certificate of office. The ceremony, held on Monday at the Governor\u2019s Office in Ibadan, was attended by dignitaries, traditional rulers, government officials, and Oyo residents. Governor Makinde [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":59526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-59525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59525"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59529,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59525\/revisions\/59529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}