By: Sayo Alagbe
Ogbomosoland will on Friday, December 19, 2025, witness a significant traditional and civic milestone with the official and public installation of Sir Olusegun Adeyemi Adekunle, Esq., OON, as the Asipa of Ogbomosoland. The installation ceremony will be performed by the Soun of Ogbomoso, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, Orumogege III, in accordance with age-long customs and traditions of the ancient town.
Sir Olusegun Adekunle is a distinguished lawyer, administrator, manager and development planner with an illustrious record of public service spanning over three decades. He is married to Yeye Asipa, Sinmilade Adebanke Adekunle. He hails from the family of the late Mr. Abraham Ajayi Adekunle and Chief (Mrs) Rebecca Adefunke Adekunle of Otun-Agoro Compound, Ijeru, Ogbomoso. His wife, Yeye Asipa, is from the family of the late Hon. Justice James Moradeyo Adesiyun and Chief (Mrs) Felicia Adeola Adesiyun of Olomi Compound, Offa, Kwara State.
Born with a strong foundation in education and discipline, Sir Adekunle had his primary education at Baptist School, Kigo Road, Kaduna, and St. Barnabas Primary School, Sabo Oke, Ilorin. He attended Government Secondary School (GSS), Ilorin, and later Federal Government College, Ogbomoso, where he obtained his Higher School Certificate and distinguished himself as the pioneer Senior Prefect of the institution.
He is an alumnus of the University of Ilorin, where he earned his first degree in 1983 and a postgraduate degree in 1988. Driven by a passion for justice and public administration, he later studied Law at the University of Abuja and was called to the Nigerian Bar over two decades ago.
The forthcoming installation continues a proud family legacy, as Sir Adekunle succeeds his late uncle, Brigadier-General Benjamin Adesanya Maja Adekunle (Rtd.), who was installed as Asipa in 1968.
In his professional career, Sir Olusegun Adekunle served the Federal Civil Service of Nigeria with distinction for 35 years, retiring at the apex rank of Permanent Secretary. His service cut across several strategic and economically critical ministries, including Agriculture, Aviation, Finance, Petroleum, Industry, Trade and Investment, as well as the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
Beyond ministerial assignments, he served on the boards of several federal government parastatals in key leadership roles. These included his tenure as Chairman, Governing Board of the defunct Petroleum Equalisation (Management) Fund (PEF), and Chairman of the 5th National Stakeholders Working Group of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). He also played prominent roles in national assignments such as Secretary of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (Policy, Strategy and Research Directorate), and Secretary of the 2023 Presidential Inauguration Committee.
Sir Adekunle is deeply involved in faith-based, educational and community development initiatives. He is the Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of Ogbomosho (Anglican Communion) and a Knight of John Wesley in the Methodist Church of Nigeria. He currently serves as a Board of Trustees member of the University of Ilorin Alumni Association, Chairman of the University of Ilorin Alumni Association, Abuja Chapter, and is the immediate past President of the Ogbomoso First Community Initiative (O-First Group), a socio-cultural organization dedicated to the development of Ogbomosoland. He is also a Board of Trustees member of the Ogbomoso Recreation Club (ORC) and previously served two consecutive terms on the Executive Committee of the IBB International Golf and Country Club in 2022 and 2023.
In recognition of his contributions beyond his home state, Sir Olusegun Adekunle also holds the traditional title of Enyi Oha I of Obazu Mbieri Autonomous Community, Imo State.
The installation of Sir Olusegun Adeyemi Adekunle as Asipa is widely regarded as a fitting honour for a man whose life exemplifies service, integrity, leadership and commitment to the advancement of Ogbomosoland and Nigeria at large.
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