Kingmaker dies while selecting monarch in Ondo community

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Kingmaker dies while selecting monarch in Ondo community

By Dayo Johnson

A kingmaker in Akunu, Akoko North East council area of Ondo state, Olorunda Agoyi has reportedly slumped and died.

Late Agoyi was among the six kingmakers also known as Warrant Chiefs that were picked from six quarters in the community for the purpose of selecting a new traditional ruler of Akunu community.

He was a retired staff of Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and died on June 10 this year in the community.

Consequently, his sudden death had stalled the selection process of a new Oba.

The traditional ruler of the town, the Oluwade of Akunu died in 2019 and all efforts to pick another monarch have been delayed because there were only two surviving kingmakers in the community instead of eight.

Narrating how Agoyi died, a leader of the community who is the of the (Publicity Secretary, Akunu Liberal Minds Babatunde Oluwaseun, dismissed reports that Agoyi was contesting to be an Oba and that he died during the consultation of…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper