Prince Adeyemi Adeoye Aderibigbe Ologbenla, a retired professor of economics, from Giesi Ruling House, one of the ruling houses in Ile-Ife, is versed in economics and the history of the cradle of Yorubaland. In this interview, he speaks on how his ruling house was denied the Ooni stool when the late Oba Okunade Sijuwade ascended the throne in 1980. He says, in this interview, that it is the turn of his lineage to present the next monarch of the town.
Chronological order of previous Ooni of Ife from 1930
My father, the late Oba Aderin Ologbenla, who came from Giesi Ruling House, was the Ooni of Ife in 1880 and he was succeeded by Olubuse, the late Ooni’s grandfather, who ruled till 1910.