List of olubadan-in line

          List of next olubadan

        1. List of next olubadan
        2. Who is the current olubadan of ibadan land
        3. Who is the next olubadan after lekan balogun
        4. Olubadan of ibadan age
        5. Is ladoja, the next olubadan

          6. Who is the next olubadan after lekan balogun...

          Olubadan

          Royal title in Ibadan

          Olubadan (Yoruba: Lord of Ibadan”the olu of ibadan”) is the royal title of the king of Ibadanland in Nigeria.

          Ibadan was founded in the 16th century, but the present Yoruba people only took control around By , they had established their unusual succession principle, which is quite different compared with other traditional Yoruba rulers in that it alternates between two lines.

          It usually takes decades to groom an Olubadan for the stool through stages of chieftaincy promotion, thus meaning that just about any male born title-holder of the metropolitan centre is a potential king.

          List of olubadan and years

          History

          According to the outline history of Ibadan by Oba Isaac Akinyele, Ibadan was founded in the 18th century. Around , an army of Egba, Ijebu, Ife and Oyo people won the town during their wars with the Fulanis.

          After a struggle between the victors, the Oyo gained control in A system where the Baale line (civic) and Balogun Isoriki line (military) shared power was