The Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Lt. Col. Nurudeen Yusuf, will receive his staff of office as the next Elemona of Ilemona in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State on Saturday.
News VEO reported that the kingmakers selected the senior military officer to succeed his late father, Oba Yusuf Omokanye Oyekanmi, who passed away at the age of 95 in May.
Kwara State Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, Hon Abdullahi Abubakar Bata, confirmed that the president’s ADC has accepted his appointment.
“Yes, it is true, he (Yusuf) will receive the staff of office any moment from now,” the commissioner said.
A former state House of Assembly member from Oyun who preferred not to be named also confirmed the issue.
The former lawmaker said the monarch after his installation will appoint a regent to hold forth for him on the throne pending his retirement from the military service.
“Being a security expert and well educated fellow, he is expected to use everything at his disposal to advance the cause of his people”, he submitted.
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