For 32 years, Oba Sikir Adeyiga, the Onirolu of Irolu-Remo, ruled his people without a palace. From his family compound, he held meetings, received guests, and settled disputes, often dreaming of the day his community would have a befitting royal home. That dream, nurtured for more than three decades, finally became reality over the weekend.
Tears of joy filled the eyes of the 87-year-old monarch as the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi; the Akarigbo and Paramount Ruler of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi; the Odole-Oodua of Ife, Sir Kesington Adebutu; and former Ogun State Governor and Senator representing Ogun East, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, joined other dignitaries to inaugurate the newly built Onirolu Palace in Irolu-Remo, Ikenne Local Council of Ogun S
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