Nigeria, Jan. 8 -- The Ijebu-Ode Local Government has approved the formal commencement of the process to fill the vacant stool of the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, signalling a major step toward resolving one of the region's most culturally significant successions.

The development comes three weeks after the Ogun State Government in a directive dated 11 December 2025, ordered the Fusengbuwa Ruling House to restart the exercise. The government said it identified lapses in the adherence to the 2021 Obas and Chiefs Law and the 1957 Chieftaincy Declaration governing the Awujale stool.

At the time, the ruling house had scheduled a nomination meeting for 15 December 2025, which attracted the interest from about 60 princes within t...