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Alaafin Adeyemi III was born Lamidi Olayiwola Atanda Adeyemi on 15 October 1938 [3] into the Alowolodu Royal House, and as a member of the House of Oranmiyan to Alhaji Kareem Adeniran Adeyemi (born 1871–1960), who later became Alaafin in 1945, and Ibironke of Epo-Gingin, who died when he was young.
However, on 10 January 2025, the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, approved the selection of Abimbola Owoade as the successor to the late Oba Lamidi III. [11] [12] [13] On 13 January, the state governor presented a certificate and staff of office to the new traditional ruler. [14] [15] [16] He will be coronated on April 4, 2025. [17] [18]
His father, Musiliu Olatunji Lamidi, served as an Assistant Commissioner of Police until his death in April 1998 and was descended from Oba Asade Awope Otenibotemole (1884–1913). [2] His mother, Alhaja Azeezat Omolola Lamidi (Nee Agbogunlori) holds the positions of Otun Iyaloja and Otun Iya Adinni of Ado-Odo .
Lamidi ⓘ is a Nigerian male given name and surname of Yoruba origin. It is the Yorùbá version of El-Hameed. [1] [2] Notable individuals with the name include: Lamidi Adeyemi III (15 October 1938 – 22 April 2022), Oyo traditional ruler; Lamidi Olonade Fakeye (1925 – December 25, 2009), Nigerian sculptor and academic
The New York City Police Department is investigating the death, which occurred Monday and was captured in a video taken by Juan Alberto Vázquez and posted to a Facebook page called “Luces de ...
Oyo, Oyo State, is the seat of the line of the rulers of Oyo.Their territory, a constituent rump state, is located in what is now Nigeria.Since the 1900 political absorption into Southern Nigeria of the kingdom that it once served as a metropolitan center, the traditional monarchy has been either a tool of British indirect rule or a legally recognised traditional polity within the republic of ...
Chief Lamidi Ariyibi Akanji Adedibu (// ⓘ; 24 October 1927 – 11 June 2008) was an aristocratic power broker in Oyo State, Nigeria. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo described him as the "father of the PDP". [1] Adedibu was born on 24 October 1927 at Oja-Oba, Ibadan, a member of the Olupoyi chieftaincy ruling house. [2]
Lamidi Olonade Fakeye (1925 – December 25, 2009) was a fifth generation Nigerian sculptor and academic. He was from the Inurin compound of the Isedo Quaters in Ila-Orangun . Professor Lamidi contributed immensely to the growth of sculpture in the whole of the country and even beyond.