Family Nominates Kunle Akogun As Akogun Of Oke-Ode

The Akogun Chieftaincy Family of Oke-Ode, Ifelodun Local Government, Kwara State has unanimously nominated Mr AbdulGaniyu Kunle Akogun as Akogun of Oke-Odeland. 

The Akogun-designate is the Director of Corporate Affairs of University of Ilorin.

The position had become vacant following the demise of late Chief AbdulRauf Tunde Akogun on January 10, 2024.

Late Chief AbdulRauf Akogun was the 6th Akogun of the ancient town.

Rising from its 2025 Annual Reunion/General Meeting in Oke-Ode on Sunday, June 8, 2025, the family noted that the nomination is in advance of its ratification once a new Elesa of Oke-Ode is coronated. 

 Chairman of Akogun Chieftaincy Family Forum (ACFF), who is also the Chief Imam of Ifelodun Pako Central Mosque, Amukoko, Lagos, in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com prayed Almighty Allah to give Oke-Ode a new progressive, and people-loving Elesa in no distant time. 

He also prayed for the continued peace and progress of the town.

‘The Akogun chieftaincy stool has been domiciled in the Akogun Boogun Compound of Oke-Ode since historic times while the family has produced six successive holders of the traditional chieftaincy title since the time the town settled at the historic ‘Ori Oke’. 

They were all renowned for their passionate commitment to the socio-cultural, economic and political development, as well as the security containment of Oke Ode town. 

These former illustrious Akoguns are: Late Chief Awodokun Akogun, late Chief Sikako Akogun, late Chief Ayilara Akogun, late Chief Salami Akogun, late Chief Yusuf Akogun, and late Chief Abdulrauf Akogun.

The new Akogun-designate, Mr AbdulGaniyu Kunle Akogun, is a well-known community development enthusiast, who has deployed his knowledge, time, resources, and vast connections in the advancement of Oke Ode such that the town is currently a big force to be reckoned with in the comity of progressive towns in Kwara State and Nigeria as a whole.

As a renowned journalist and consummate Public Relations practitioner, Mr Akogun has projected the name of Oke Ode town far beyond the borders of Kwara State and even the shores of Nigeria.

The Akogun nominee, who is the Director of Corporate Affairs at the University of Ilorin, is the current National Public Relations Officer of Oke- Ode community, the immediate past National Publicity Secretary of Igbomina Professionals Association (IPA), and the Vice Chairman of the Igbomina-Ekiti Muslims Forum (IEMF).

As a senior official of the University of Ilorin, he has used his position to facilitate the admission of countless number of Oke Ode youths to the university, among several other beneficial contributions to the progress of the town’ the statement added-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you