Onisan of Isan-Ekiti, Oba Gabriel Ayodele Adejuwon, has emerged the Chairman of the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers.
The monarch succeeded the Alawe of Ilawe-Ekiti, Oba Adebanji Alabi, whose tenure elapsed on July 31, 2021.
The announcement was made in a statement on Tuesday, signed by Yinka Oyebode, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Kayode Fayemi.
The statement said the appointment, conveyed via a letter from the Bureau of Chieftaincy Affairs and signed by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Adegboyega Morakinyo, took effect from August 1 after the reconciliation panel set up to reconcile the traditional rulers in the state submitted its report to the governor.
The appointment will run for two years and is expected to lapse on 31st July, 2023.
Born in Isan Ekiti on November 15, 1970, Oba Gabriel Ayodele Adejuwon, presently the 10th Onisan of Isan Kingdom, ascended the throne on January 13, 2017.
He started his elementary education at St Paul’s Anglican Primary School, Isan Ekiti from 1976 to 1982 and proceeded to Isan Secondary School, Isan -Ekiti for his secondary education from 1982 to 1987/88. He gained admission into the then Ondo State Polytechnic, (now Rufus Giwa Polytechnic), Owo in 1990 where he bagged Ordinary and Higher National Diploma in Business Administration and Management in 1993 and 1997 respectively.
He joined the services of the Federal Inland Revenue Service as a Tax Officer after his graduation. He later went for further studies at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Ondo State in 1999 and bagged a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management 2000, and Master of Business Administration (MBA) Finance in 2002.
Oba Gabriel Ayodele Adejuwon had an impressive career which spanned more than two decades with the Federal Inland Revenue Service. During this period, he did not only practise the act of taxation, auditing and financial management, he equally exhibited patriotism, sincerity, hard work and fear of God which endeared him to many.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (FCTI), Associate of Certified Board of Administrators (ACBA) and Associate member of Institute of Debts Recovery of Nigeria.
He is married to Olori Christianah Funke and blessed with children.