Oba Adetona clocks 64 years on the throne, By FASSY ADETOKUNBOH YUSUF — National Accord Newspaper nationalaccordnewspaper.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nationalaccordnewspaper.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
One of the world’s longest reigning paramount monarchs, Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona is 64 years on the throne today. A patriot and nationalist of the highest order, the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, was officially crowned on April 2, 1960, six months before the country’s attainment of independence.
ACHIEVING the grand old age of 88 years at a time when the life expectancy at birth in the country is put at sixty-one years, and in particular spending