By DAUD OLATUNJI

ABEOKUTA – OGUN State  Government, weekend, installed a 90-year-old member of the defunct Action Group, AG,  Alhaji  Wahab Aileru, as the first traditional ruler of Oluga  of over 100-year-old Oluga-Kemta town of Ogun State.

The ceremony was held at the palace of the Alake and the paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo. The newly-crowned monarch who was pronounced the Olu of Oluga by the paramount ruler, later moved to his own palace in the community in Odeda Local Government Area.

Oba Aileru, a follower of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo during the days of AG, at a briefing, said 17 villages were under his jurisdiction and that before he was upgraded by the government, he had been the village head of the community for over 20 years.

He said: “I have been Baale (village head) for over 20 years before my upgrade as oba by the government. I have 17 villages under my domain.”

On the occasion, the  Alake said the choice of the monarch was due to his  experience and his contributions to the development of the community.

He said the crisis had been on for 17 years before Governor Ibikunle Amosun through the advice of  Alake of Egbaland gave the approval of his candidature.

The Oba    commended  the governor for his activities in the rural areas, pleaded with the governor to come to their aids in the provision of water and infrastructural facilities.

Meantime, the African Church Grammar School, Abeokuta, Old Students’ Association; the Alma-Mata  of the Ogun state Governor,  Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has condemned the over crowdness of schools, saying a  situation where 120 students cram together in a classroom  to learn is unhealthy and linked it to the mass failure  being witnessed in the state and  beyond.