Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke Pastor Enoch Adeboye and other dignitaries from all walks of life, at the weekend, converged on Ikire, a leading agrarian town in Osun state, to felicitate with its monarch Oba Olatunde Falabi on his 90th birthday and 30th year on the throne as the Akire of Ikire kingdom.
In his Sermon at the Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, Adeboye congratulated Oba Falabi for attaining the ripe age of 90 and thanked God for the monarch’s peaceful reign over the years, amid landmark achievements since he ascended the throne a little over 30 years ago.
On the other hand, Adeleke, who was represented by Ojo Fafa Abiodun, the Commissioner For Culture & Tourism, in his message also showered encomium on the monarch whose reign, many testified at the event, has transformed Ikireland with landmark developments both in infrastructure, economically, educationally, and politically.
Oba Falabi Profile
Born on January 20, 1935, to the family of the Late Prince Saliu Omoboyede and Madam Ajibola Olugun Falabi. Oba Olatunde Falabi, the Lanbeloye III and Akire of Ikire Kingdom was, before ascending the throne, a practising and renowned pharmacist, entrepreneur, and farmer.
He was Chairman, Board of Trustee, Oba Falabi Foundation (NGO), Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Oba Falabi (Nig.) Ltd and former Commercial Manager, ROCHE (Nig.) Limited Lagos.
A Fellow of The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Oba Falabi’s paramount goal is “for an average indigene of Ikire kingdom and indeed every Nigerian with or without opportunity of relocating to a metropolitan Nigerian city and overseas to find fulfillment living in their fatherland and for those returning home from overseas and cities to live peacefully, sleeping with their two eyes close at all times.”
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