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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