Heritage · 8 May 2025

Olufi visits the Alaafin of Oyo

A courtesy visit to renew the ancestral link between Gbongan and Oyo, as reported on 8 May 2025.

Photograph from the Olufi’s courtesy visit to the Alaafin of Oyo

Olufi’s courtesy visit to the Alaafin of Oyo. Photograph 1 of the supplied set.

A supplied report describes a courtesy visit by the Olufi of Gbongan and members of his council to the new Alaafin of Oyo on 8 May 2025. It says the two monarchs met for the first time, exchanged prayers and pleasantries, and that a copy of a report on Gbongan’s history was presented.

The visit is described as reinvigorating the bond between the two towns.

Source Report supplied in the project archive. To be confirmed by the Palace.