BREAKING: Ogbomoso kingmaker passes away

BREAKING: Ogbomoso kingmaker passes away

Khalid ABRAHAM

The late Bara

A kingmaker in Ogbomoso Oyo state High Chief Tijani Abioye the Bara of Ogbomosoland is dead. According to information reaching ogbomosoinsightonline.com, he passed away Sunday due to old age related illnesses. He was close to 90 years.

Late Abioye was installed in early 1980s by the immediate past Soun His Imperial Majesty Oba Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade III JP CON CFR. This made him the longest serving chief among the current Ilu Chiefs until his death.

The Bara is a kingmaker and is number 3 in the ranking of the kingmakers after Areago and Jagun. Others are Ikolaba, Abese and Balogun. Iyalode, the seventh Soun cabinet chief, is however not a kingmaker.