Seventy-eight-year-old
Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, has gone back to school.
According to him, he desires to
make history as the nation’s oldest monarch to bag a degree in Law while still
on the throne.
Adetona on Saturday joined 201
other new Law students of the National Open University of Nigeria for their
matriculation at Awa-Ijebu Study Centre.
Though he was admitted alongside
27 of his traditional rulers, the latter decided to defer their admission for a
year.
Some of them are the Limeri of
Awa-Ijebu, Oba Abib Awobajo, and the Ajalorun of Ijebu-Ife, Oba Olusesan
Oguntayo.
According to them, they took the
decision to allow their paramount ruler be a year ahead of them and as a sign
of honour to the monarch.
Adetona said after the matriculation
that his passion for education in general and for law education in particular,
informed his decision.
He said, “Age cannot be a
barrier to learning for me. It is what I desire and I assure all of you that I
will study very well and come out of the university in record time without
fail.”
The monarch also said schooling
would not affect his roles as the custodian of the culture of his people.
NOUN Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ado
Tenebe, who was represented on the occasion by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics),
Prof. Mba Okoronkwo, advised the matriculants to take their studies seriously.
Born as Prince Sikiru Olukayode
Adetona to the Anikinaiya 1 Ogbagba Royal Family of Ijebu Ode on May 10, 1934,
his father was Prince Rufai Adetona, while his mother was Alhaja Ajibabi
Adetona (nee Onashile). His mother hailed from Ijebu Igbo.
Between 1957 and 1958, he took
up appointment with the then Audit Department of the Western Region, Ibadan United Kingdom
His formal coronation as the
Awujale took place on April 2, 1960.
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