Olushola Omogbehin
The Department of State Services (DSS) has summoned all nominees for the Awujale stool to its office in Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State thereby cancelling kingmakers’ “meet-and-greet” session that was earlier scheduled for Wednesday at the Awujale’s Palace.
The letter which was addressed to the heads of the Fusengbuwa ruling house, Lateef Owoyemi, Dokun Ajidagba, and Fassy Yusuf, was conveyed in a letter dated January 21, 2026, and signed by the Secretary of the Awujale Afobaje Council, Chief Ayotunde Ola Odulaja.
“We write to formally inform you that the meet-and-greet earlier scheduled for this morning at the Aafin Awujale has been cancelled.
“Accordingly, the Awujale nominees are hereby directed to report to the Department of State Services (DSS) office beside the State Psychiatric Hospital, off Igbeba Road, Ijebu-Ode, at 11:00 a.m.
“We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this change may cause. Kindly ensure that all concerned nominees are punctual and comply strictly with this directive,” the letter read.
The Awujale’s stool has been a contentious issue since the death of Oba Sikiru Adetona in 2025 and Fusengbuwa ruling house has just submitted the names of princes and one princess qualified to ascend the throne for consideration.
The kingmakers by tradition will elect the preferred candidate and send the name to the government through the Ijebu Ode Local Government and the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ogun State.
Already, no fewer than 90 princes and a princess from the ruling house have emerged as contestants for the vacant stool of the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebu land.
