Lawal, Iree poly lecturer, emerges Timi of Ede

Tunde Oyekola, Osogbo - 16.01.2008

The Osun State government on Tuesday announced the appointment of Prince Muniru Adesola Lawal as the new Timi of Ede.

Prince Lawal, who hails from Laminisa Ruling House, suceeded the late Oba Tijani Oyewusi Agbonran II, who joined his ancestors on August 20, 2007, during a brief illness.

The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Niyi Owolade, announced this while briefing the press after the state executive council meeting.

He said due process was followed in the choice of the new monarch. Owolade said Prince Lawal from Laminisa Ruling House was chosen by the kingmakers of Ede out of the three names forwarded to them by the ruling house.

He said by the 1979 Chieftaincy Declaration, the Laminisa Ruling House is to produce the new Timi of Ede, stressing that the government followed the law to the letter in taking the decision.

“Due process was followed in taking the decision on the choice of the new Timi of Ede. By the 1979 Declaration, the next ruling house to produce the new Timi is the Laminisa Ruling House and so, the local government wrote the House to forward three nominees to the kingmakers out of which the kingmakers picked Prince Muniru Adesola Lawal,” he said.

Prince Lawal, 52, until his appointment, was a senoir lecturer and Head of Business Administration department at the state polytechnic, Iree.

He holds a Bsc degree in Mathematics/Library Science from Bayero University, Kano and a Master of Business Administration and Master of science in Public Health.

Meanwhile, a statement from the Osun State government said the installation of the new Timi will hold today at Ede.