To date, there have only been fifty-three (53) Awujales. The currently reigning monarch (the 53rd Awujale) being His Excellency Alaiyeluwa Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, Ogbagba II enthroned in 1960. The others, in chronological order are: (1) Obanta - 1430; (2) Obaguru - 1445; (3) Munigbuwa - 1455; (4) Obanla - 1460 (from Obanta family); (5) Obaloja - 1470 (from Obaguru family); (6) Obalofin - 1482 (from Munigbuwa family); (7) Apasa - 1496 (from Obanla family); (8) Obaganju - 1508 (from Obaloja family); (9) Tewogboye - 1516 (from Obalofin family); (10) Obaruwa-Muda - 1520 (from Apasa family); (11) Ofiran-Ekun - 1532 (from Obaganju family); (12) Lapegunwa - 1537 (from Obaruwa family); (13) Owa Otutu-bi-osun - 1537 (from Tewogboye family - later became Dagburewe of Idowa); (14) Moko Idowa Ajuwakale - 1540 ( a blood relation of Owa Otutu-bi-osun); (15) Agbadisa - 1552 (from Lapeguwa family); (16) Obajewo - 1561 (from Ofiran family); (17) Obalewuileke - 1576 (from Ajuwakale family); (18) Obalumodan Elewu Ileke - 1590 (from Gbadisa family); (19) Mase - 1620 (from Obajewo family); (20) Olotuneso - 1625 (from Obalewu family); (21) Mola - 1635 (from Oba Gbadisa’s family); (22) Ajano - 1642 (the first female Awujale - from Oba Lumodan’s family); (23) Ore or Gadegun - 1644 (from Mase family); (24) Obaguwaja - 1654 (from Ajana family); (25) Jadiara or Olowo joye meji - 1660 (from Olotuneso family - was formerly the Dagburewe of Idowa before being enthroned as Awujale); (26) Sapokun - 1675 (from Ore family - same as that of the first female Awujale); (27) Folajoye - 1687 (from Mola family); (28) Mekun - 1692 (from Oba Jadiara’s family); (29) Gbodogi - 1702 (from Sapokun family); (30) Ojigi Amoyegeso - 1710 (from Folajoye family); (31) Obaliyewe Arojofaye - 1730 (from Mekun family); (32) Moyegeso Olope - 1730 (from Godogi family); (33) Ojora - 1735 (from Oba Guaja’s family); (34) Fesojoye - 1745 (from Oba Liyewe’s family); (35) Geje - 1749 (the second female Awujale - from Olope family); (36) Saponuwa Rubakoya - 1750 (same Olope family as the second female Awujale); (37) Orodudujoye - 1755 (from Ojora family); (38) Tewogbuwa I - 1758 (from Fesojoye family); (39) Gbelebuwa I - 1760 (from Orodudujoye family); (40) Fusengbuwa - 1790 (from Tewogbuwa family); (41) Setejoye - 1820 (from Ojigi Amoyegeso family); (42) Anikilaya (Fugbajoye) Aboogunsa - 1821 (from Sapenuwa Rubakoye family); (43) Afidipotemole (Ademuyewo) - 1850 (from Setejoye family - was dethroned in 1882 and banished to Epe); (44) Tunwase (Adesinbo) - 1886 (alias Orojojoye Adele tejiteji from Funsegbuwa family); (45) Ogbagba Agbatewole I (Adeleke) - 1895 (from Anikilaiya family); (46) Fusigboye (Adeona) - 1906 (from Fidipote family); (47) Fesogbade (Ademolu) - 1916 (from Anikilaiya family - was dethroned because of old age and fled to Lagos through Itoke); (48) Adekoya (Eleruja) - 1916 (from Tunwase family); (49) Fesogbade (Ademolu) (the 47th Awujale was reinstalled on January 1917 through the help of Bishop James Johnson who pleaded his case of wrongful dethronement with then governor); (50) Adenuga Afolagbade - 1925 (from Tunwase family); (51) Fibiwoga (Ogunaike) - 1929 (from Fidipote family); (51) Daniel Adesanya Gbelebuwa II - 1933 (from Oba Gbelebuwa I family).
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