Posted on: 06:36 Mon, 26 Oct 2015



Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi
Ambode on Monday sent a
congratulatory message to Prince
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi on his
appointment as the new Ooni of Ife.

The appointment of 40-year old
Ogunwusi was announced in a short
statement by the Osun State
Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, in
the early hours of Monday.

Ambode, in a statement signed by his
Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib
Aruna admonished the new monarch
to see his appointment as a call to
service and to the upliftment of
humanity.

While charging Ogunwusi to be
courageous in his decisions, Ambode
urged him to see the unity of the
Yoruba race as a priority.

While congratulating the family
members of the new Ooni, the
Governor said they would have to
bear with the demands of the job
and support him morally, physically
and spiritually.

The new Ooni is into real estate and
was involved in developing many
high prime estates in Lagos State.
The stool became vacant following
the death of Oba Okunade Sijuwade
at a London hospital on 28th July
2015.

Prince Ogunwusi is Ife’s 51st Ooni
being the fifth direct descendant of
the Giesi ruling House, Ojaja Royal
Compound of Agbedegbede.

His father, according to history, was
a radio and television anchor in the
1980s.

A holder of Higher National Diploma
in Accountancy from the Polytechnic
Ibadan, a member of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Nigeria,
the Institute of Management and an
Associate Accounting Technician,
Ogunwusi is a businessman with
interests in Engineering,
Procurement and Construction (EPC).

In Nigeria, he set up and fostered
strong trade relationships through
the Association for International
Business (AIB) with presence in over
200 member countries across the
globe and developed one of the best
resorts in Nigeria, leading a team
that opened up a remote jungle
called Inagbe Island in Amuwo
Odofin LGA, Lagos.

The multi-billion naira Inagbe Grand
Resorts and Leisure, Lagos Nigeria,
launched on 13th December 2013, is
the first of its kind in the whole of
West Africa bounded by the Lagos
Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean.

Ogunwusi was also involved in the
trading and marketing of
commodities as the main facilitator
for Dangote Group’s break into the
‘up-country supply chain
consortium’ between 1996 and 1999.

He has traded for Dohagro Allied,
Global Apex, Olam, Clemco, Stallion
Group and Milan Group and
facilitated the biggest Lead and
Aluminum recycling plant set up in
Nigeria by the National Steel
Company of India in Ota, Ogun State.