Fiteen-year-old secondary school student, Prince Oloyede Adeyeoba, has become the Arujale of Okeluse, in OseLocal Government Area of Ondo State.
The Ondo State Executive Council on Monday ratified the appointment and those of other two kings.
The council approved Prince Ebenezer Adewunmi Ogunmolasuyi as the Olupenmen of Upenmen in Owo local government Area of Ondo State. The 47-year-old Mass Communication and Journalism graduate from the Nigeria Institute of Journalism, NIJ and an Associate Member of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations, NIPR is from the Ayiwoye Akinola ruling house.
The Olupenmen stool became vacant in August 2017 after the demise of Oba (Rtd Col.) Samuel Ademulegun.
The third Prince whose selection was ratified is Prince Olorunsola Akinyelure as Odogbo of Ode Omi in Irele council area.
Briefing government house correspondents after the meeting, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Lola Fagbemi, flanked by his Information counterpart, Donald Ojogo, said Ogunmolasuyi’s appointment followed an election conducted by kingmakers in the community.
Fagbemi said the ratification was arrived at after hours of deliberations by the Council.
The election was supervised by Mr Segun Omojuwa, the Director of Local Government Administration in Owo local government.
