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| Tinuade Babalola | |||||
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| Reign | 23 February 2015 – 16 December 2021 | ||||
| Coronation | 2015 | ||||
| Predecessor | Adele I | ||||
| Born | Tinuade Babalola 25 May 1998 Iboropa Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria | ||||
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| Father | Oba Emmanuel Ayowole Adejuyigbe | ||||
HRM Tinuade Babalola Adejuyigbe Adele I (born 25 May 1998) of Iboropa Akoko, also known as, Akokoland, Ondo State, Nigeria.[1][2][3] She is the first female traditional ruler/monarch of the Iboropa-Akoko kingdom.[4][5] Tinuade was made a regent king to oversee the Akokoland as a community head on 23 February 2015, which was not long after her father, Oba Emmanuel Ayowole Adejuyigbe, died on 10 February 2015 (at the age of 57). She was made the Adele (Yoruba word that is used for regent) at the age of 16,[1][6] According to the interview she had with the Tribune Newspaper interviewer, she stated that she went through a few customary rites of passage before she was declared the regent and she administered till 16 December 2021. Additionally, she was a freshman when the process of being a female regent started.[5] She was the first sitting monarch to attend the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp without being noticed, which place in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.[7][8][9][10][11]
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