A three-term House of Representatives Member,
Hon. Razak Tunde Adewusi who had represented Yewa North/
Imeko Afon Federal Constituency; Ogun State has today been crowned as
the Onijoun of Ijoun in Yewa north area of Ogun State. Onijoun was also presented with the Staff of office by Ogun State government.
Some important personalities like Deputy Governor, Chief Mrs. Yetunde Onanuga represented Governor Amosun, Hon. Kayode Oladele, Prince Gboyega Nosiru Isiaka, Chief Jide Ojuko, Hon. Bolaji Oyeleye and others graced the colourful occasion. King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal was the musician for the occasion.
His Royal Majesty, Oba Rasaki Tunde Ademola Adewusi (Adewori Koyaasi Kiniun Orite ll) The Onijoun of ljoun land was born into the royal family of Adewusi. His late father, Oba Lawal Bamigbade Ashamu
became the king of Ijohun Yewa in 1955, and was on the
stool before he died in 1984. His mother
was Alhaja Abadatu Alake, who was also very popular in
Yewa. Another King of Ijoun was crowned after
Adewusi’s father’s demise but died in 2011.
Oba Adewusi joined politics in 2002 after he resigned from the
Nigeria Custom Service after 24 years in service.
According to Oba Adewusi, he joined politics following a
call from his people to serve them. His first political
party was People’s Democratic Party (PDP), under which
he contested and won his first election in 2003 into the
Federal House of Representatives. He contested for the
second term under the same umbrella and won again. In
2011, when crises rocked Ogun PDP, Oba Rasaq Adewusi
was among those who pitched their tent with People’s
Party of Nigeria PPN, and he won the election again into
the house for a 3rd-term. He was an aspirant in the last
election for the same post, but lost in the primaries.
Oba Rasak
Babatunde was born into the Adewusi Royal Family of
Ijohun on the 29th of July 1959. His father was a King at
the time. He started his primary education at the Local
Authority Primary School, Ijohun, and he later proceeded
to AUD Secondary School, in Isaga from 1973 to 1978. He
was a primary school teacher for many years in Yewa
before joining the Nigeria Custom Service where he
worked at various departments and states before he
retired in September 2002, after working for 24 years.
While he was in the Customs, he bagged his OND in
Public Administration at the Federal Polytechnic,
Nasarawa in 1985, and later attended Secretary and
Intelligence Institute, Enugu in 1985, and the Tariff and
Tariff Classification Research Institute, Belgium in 1989.
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