Jones Adenola Ogunde

Oba Jones Adenola Ogunde Adeyoruwa II
Moyegeso of Itele
Reign 1981-1996
Predecessor Otunba Idowu Aderibigbe
Successor Oba Mufutau Adesanya Kasali Iboriaran I

Early life and education

Jones Adenola Ogunde was born on 23 April 1930 to the family of Prince Jacob Adefuye Ogunde and Alice Tanimowo Ogunde. He attended Saint John's Anglican Primary School, Ijebu-Itele for his elementary studies in the late 1930s. He then proceeded to Ijebu Ode for further studies and apprenticeship. Afterwards, he left Ijebu for Lagos where he established a printing press business.

Career

Prior to his appointment as the Moyegeso of Itele, he was a successful businessman owning a printing press company called Nigerian Service Printers in Surulere, Lagos. He had also served on the board of the Itele Community Development Association at a point during his youth days. Itele community witnessed some development during his reign. For example, it was during his reign that the Moyegeso of Itele became a coronet and gained elevation to the status of a part II Oba by the Ogun State government of Nigeria. He was also a Justice of the Peace until his demise.

Coronation

He was crowned as Oba Moyegeso on 20 May 1985, three years after he was appointed in 1981.

References

http://allafrica.com/stories/201002020845.html

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