New Owa-Ale monarch returns from Ikare hills after 21-day retreat

By Osagie Otabor, AkureNewly crowned Owa-Ale of Ikare Akoko, Oba Adeleke Adedoyin, has returned to the palace after spending 21 days with his ancestors on the ancestral hills as part of his traditional rites.Going to the hills is a must for new Owa-Ale to enable him interface with his ancestors and seek royal blessing for the community.It is part of the second stage of the traditional rites to ascend the Owa-Ales throne.Past Owa-Ale and their subjects are believed to live on the hills before settling in their present location.Adedoyin stepped down from the hill at about 9am at Okegbe quarter and was escorted to his Enuowa palace at Okorun quarter by a large crowd.Speaking on the significance of the rite, the Olokoja of Okoja, Chief Idowu Ogunye, said the traditional practice could not be circumvented for the progress of Ikare.He said the ancestors prayed for Oba Adedoyin during the 21 days he spent on the hill.The new monarch was crowned the 18thOwa-Ale of Ikare-Akoko.He prayed for peaceful co-existence and progress of Ikare, Ondo State and Nigeria at large.
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