Otun Olubadan, Senator Lekan Balogun, is set to become the next Olubadan, according to the hierarchy of ascension to the throne being practised in Ibadanland.
There are two lines of ascension to the throne, the Balogun and Otun lines, with the most senior on each line ascending the throne on rotational basis.
Before the deceased monarch ascended the throne, he was the most senior from the Balogun line.
With the turn of the Otun line to produce the king now, Balogun, who is the most senior on the line, is set to succeed Oba Adetunji.
Meanwhile, Family members, friends, and well-wishers of Chief Lekan Balogun, the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, next in line to become Olubadan of Ibadanland, have started trooping into the Aliiwo Compound and Alarere in Ibadan, for celebration.
The two compounds had started playing host to visitors, shortly after the news of the demise of the current Olubadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, was announced.
At the Aliiwo Family Compound of Chief Balogun, NAN reports that traditional drummers were seen singing songs of praises for the incoming Olubadan to the admiration of family members and well-wishers.
Also, at the residence of Chief Balogun, a former Senator, at Alarere, near Iwo Road interchange Ibadan, community heads, family members, and other well-wishers were seen in large numbers waiting to meet the incoming Olubadan.
Few of the visitors were, however, allowed to meet Balogun in his private room, while others were disallowed by security personnel guarding the house.
Some of the family members who spoke with NAN expressed joy for making it possible for their family to produce another Olubadan after long years of waiting.
One of the family members, Mukaila Adebisi, said the last time Aliiwo Compound produced Oba Memudu as Olubadan, was in 1952.
