{"id":5145,"date":"2024-01-07T15:39:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T15:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=5145"},"modified":"2024-01-07T15:42:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T15:42:33","slug":"lagos-apc-deputy-chairman-hon-moshood-olanrewaju-mayegun-announced-as-oba-elect-of-vacant-onikoyi-stool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/07\/lagos-apc-deputy-chairman-hon-moshood-olanrewaju-mayegun-announced-as-oba-elect-of-vacant-onikoyi-stool\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos APC Deputy Chairman, Hon. Moshood Olanrewaju Mayegun announced as Oba-Elect of vacant Onikoyi stool"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dosumu Onikoyi ruling house has announced the selection of Hon Moshood Olanrewaju Mayegun as the Oba-Elect for the vacant Onikoyi of Ikoyi and Imoba Land stool.<\/p>\n

He was presented by Alhaji Abidemi Idris Duale at a forum well attended by members of the ruling families of Jinnadu Agbeti and Fagbemi under the Dosumu family.<\/p>\n

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Alhaji Idris Duale described the Oba-Elect as a man of high intellectual capacity, dignity and grassroot politician of high repute.<\/p>\n

He explained that he was happy that Hon Mayegun who emerged as the Oba-Elect did not seek for it but the entire family sought after him for the position.<\/p>\n

On his part, Alhaji Mohammed Lawal disclosed that they held several virtual meetings among Jinadu Agbeti and Fagbemi Ruling Houses before they arrived at voting to select the Oba-Elect.<\/p>\n

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According to him, those who contested for the position include: Idris Onikoyi, Taofik Ope Onikoyi, Alhaji Idowu Johnson Onikoyi, Ganiyu Onikoyi and Hon Moshood Mayegun.<\/p>\n

Late Onikoyi, Oba Patrick Ibikunle Fafunwa died on November 19,2023.<\/p>\n

He noted that the outcome of the votes favoured Hon Moshood Mayegun with seven while Ganiyu Onikoyi had three votes.<\/p>\n

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Alhaji Mohammed Lawal disclosed that Ganiyu Onikoyi conceeded defeat and congratulated Mayegun after the election.<\/p>\n

In his comments, a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Abayomi Mayegun, said the process of selecting the Oba-Elect, Moshood Mayegun, was transparent and fair.<\/p>\n

He expressed optimism that the ruling house will benefit immensely if he is accepted by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the new Onikoyi of Ikoyi and Imoba Land.<\/p>\n

Prince Fatai Adio Lawal, who is the Olokun lshagbe of Lagos endorsed the selection of Hon Moshood Mayegun as the Oba-Elect.<\/p>\n

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Responding, the Oba-Elect, Hon Moshood Olanrewaju Mayegun said he accepted the opportunity given to him to serve the ruling house.<\/p>\n

He said the journey was not an easy task but made possible by God and family members who believed in him.<\/p>\n

The Oba-Elect promised never to disappoint them assuring that no one would be left behind.<\/p>\n

“It is not a personal property of him but just chosen as the custodian of the stool. I will do everything possible to carry the Dosumu-Onikoyi along. I will extend the hands of fellowship to all”.<\/p>\n

He said in every contest, a winner must emerge adding two or more persons cannot be crowned at the same time.<\/p>\n

Present at the presentation of the Oba-Elect were family members from Abari, Jabita, Agbeti, Omolade Fagbemi, Adamo Fagbemi and Amusa Fagbemi sections of Dosunmu Ruling House.<\/p>\n

The stool of Onikoyi of Ikoyi and Imoba Land became vacant after Oba Patrick Ibikunle Fafunwa joined his ancestors on November 19, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dosumu Onikoyi ruling house has announced the selection of Hon Moshood Olanrewaju Mayegun as the Oba-Elect for the vacant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-grassroots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5145"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5154,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5145\/revisions\/5154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}