Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida Afunbiowo II
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1950 –
Who is Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida Afunbiowo II?
Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida Afunbiowo II was chosen as the traditional ruler, or Deji, of the Akure Kingdom, based in the city of Akure in Ondo State, Nigeria on 13 August 2010. State governor Olusegun Mimiko presented him with the staff of office.
Adesida was the son of Prince Josiah Stanley Adegboye and brother of Prince Adewole Adesida, of the Ojijigogun Ruling House. He graduated from the University of Ibadan with a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics and a master's degree in Agricultural Business and Management before working as an Agricultural Credit Officer with the Ondo State Agricultural Credit Corporation. For some time he worked at the Obasanjo Farms at Otta. He was an aide to former President Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007.
Adesida was selected to succeed the previous oba, Oluwadamilare Adesina, who had been dethroned on 10 June 2010 for sacrilegious misdeeds. In the election for Deji, Adesida was selected by eight out of the 15 kingmakers, with Prince Ademola Adegoroye taking the other seven votes. The selection process was somewhat controversial, with some of the kingmakers claiming that governor Mimiko had forced the decision by declaring one vote invalid due to "senility".
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