List of Ibadan Traditional Heads

The table below shows the list of 40 Traditional Heads of Ibadan since the third settlement of the City put at about 1820.

 

Name and Title

From

To

Years of Reign

1

Lagelu

1820

2

Baale Maye Okunade

1820

1826

6

3

Baale Oluyendun Labosinde

1826

1830

4

4

Baale Lakanle

1830

1835

5

5

Basorun Oluyole Ojaba

1835

1850

15

6

Baale Oderinlo Opeagbe Idiomo/Kure

1850

1851

1

7

Baale Oyesile Olugbode Ita Baale

1851

1864

13

8

Ba’ale Ibikunle 1864

1864

1865

1

9

Basorun Ogumola Mapo

1865

1867

2

10

Balogun Beyioku Akere Onitamperin

1867

1870

3

11

Baale Orowusi (Awarun) Kobomoje

1870

1871

1

12

Aare Oadoke Latoosa Oke-Are

1871

1885

14

13

Balogun Ajayi Osungbekun Kobmoje

1885

1893

8

14

Baate Fijabi 1 (Omo Babalola) Oritamerin

1893

1895

2

15

Baale Osuntoki Olusun Agbeni

1895

1897

2

16

Badorun Fajimi (Yerombi) Oranyan

1897

1902

5

17

Baale Mosaderin Sunlehinmi Oranyan

1902

1904

2

18

Baale Dada Opadare Mapo

1904

1907

3

19

Basorun Sumonu Apanpa Isale-Osi

1907

1910

3

20

Baale Akintayo Awanibaku Elenpe Bere, Aboke

1910

1912

2

21

Baale Irefin (Omo Ogundeyi) Oke Ofa Babasale

1912

1914

2

22

Baale Shitu (Omo Are Latosa) Oke Are

1914

1925

11

23

Baale Oyewole Aiyejenku Omo Foko Oke Foko

1925

1930

5

24

Olubadan Okunola Abaasi Alesinloye Isale Ijebu

1930

1946

16

25

Olubadan Fagbinrin Akere II Oritamerin

1946

1946

       ⅓

26

Olubadan Oyetunde I Eleta

1946

1946

27

Olubadan Akintunde Bioku Oleyo, Oranyan

1947

1948

1

28

Olubadan Fijabi II Oritamerin

1948

1952

4

29

Olubadan Memudu Alli Iwo Gbenla

1952

1952

¼

30

Olubadan Igbintade Apete Oke Ofa

1952

1955

3

31

Oba Isaac Babalola Akinyele Alafara

1955

1964

9

32

Oba Yesufu Kobiowu Oranyan

1964

1964

½

33

Oba Salawu Akanbi Aminu Adeoyo

1965

1971

6

34

Oba Shittu Akintola Oyetunde II Eleta

1971

1976

5

35

Oba Gbadamosi Akanbi Adebimpe Odinjo

1976

1977

1

36

Oba Daniel Tayo Akinbiyi Elekuro

1977

1982

5

37

Oba Yesufu Oloyede Asanike IdiAro

1983

1993

10

38

Oba Emmanuel Adegboyega Operinde Isale Ijebu

1993

1999

6

39

Oba Yinusa B. Ogundipe Arapasowu I Oranyan

1999

2007

8

40

Oba Samuel Odulana Olugade I

2007

Present