{An influential monarch in south-west Nigeria, the Olubadan, or ruler of Ibadan land, has died at the age of 101, his son has confirmed to the BBC.}<\/p>\n
Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade, who ruled over Nigeria’s third largest city Ibadan, died in his sleep on Tuesday evening, Nigeria’s Punch newspaper quotes palace sources as saying.<\/p>\n
An official announcement of the Yoruba king’s death is expected later.
\nAlthough largely symbolic, the Olubadan still has strong regional influence.
\n‘Very stern’<\/p>\n
Nigeria’s many monarchs vary in hierarchy and importance with some ruling over large areas, while others are traditional rulers of a village or town.<\/p>\n
The Olubadan is one of the few unelected figures whom the government would consult on major policy issues in the south-west, reports the BBC’s Chris Ewokor from the capital, Abuja.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the BBC, his son Prince Gbade Lana described the late Olubadan as “a good father, very very stern”.<\/p>\n
“He preached humility… he taught us that once you are humble you will be able to achieve anything in life.”<\/p>\n
{{The Olubadan of Ibadan:}}<\/p>\n
The title means “Lord of Ibadan”, a Yoruba community founded in the 16th Century
\nThe king reigns over a population of nearly three million people<\/p>\n
Ibadan is the capital of south-western Oyo state – the third-largest metropolitan area by population after Lagos and Kano<\/p>\n
Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade was the 40th Olubadan<\/p>\n
A former teacher, soldier, civil servant and politician, he was crowned at the age of 93 years<\/p>\n
Mr Lana, himself the Oyo state commissioner for information, said he hoped his father would be remembered for “the passion he had for Ibadan as a city… to see that Ibadan grew and became a better place”.<\/p>\n
A World War Two veteran, the late monarch was also a seasoned civil servant and a politician who served as a minister in the 1960s, our reporter says.<\/p>\n
In 1964, he led the Nigerian parliamentary delegation to a London conference about how to restructure the then-British colonies of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, now Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi.<\/p>\n
The name of his title, Olubadan, has been trending on Twitter across the country, since the news of his death broke.<\/p>\n
Oba Odugade was on the throne for seven years following the death of the previous Olubadan in 2007.<\/p>\n
Source:BBC:[Nigeria’s Olubadan, ruler of Ibadan land, dies at 101->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-35361715]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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