Kwara Governor Names Olupo of Ajase-Ipo as 2025 Amirul Hajj


Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has appointed the Olupo of Ajase-Ipo, Oba Ismail Yahaya Alebiosu, as the Amirul Hajj to lead the state’s delegation for the 2025 pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.

Alebiosu, who also serves as the Chancellor of the newly established State University of Education, will oversee the coordination of Kwara pilgrims during the holy journey.

In June 2021, the Kwara State Government presented a letter of appointment to Oba Ismail Yahaya as the new Olupo of Ajase-Ipo .He succeeds Sikiru Atanda, who died after a brief illness in February of the same year. Oba Yahaya is from the Alebiosu ruling house and was born on February 11, 1980.

A law graduate of the University of Ilorin and member of the United Kingdom Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Oba Yahaya was, until his appointment, the managing partner and Head of Chambers, CLARKE (SAN) and Muhammed Legal Office, owned by one of the foremost legal practitioners in the country, Robert Clarke (SAN).

Read Also: Book Review: HEALTHFUL ḤAJJ: A Wellness Guide to Ḥajj and ‘Umrah by Dr. Mariam V. Lawal

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