…as Ademola Oyaleke installed as new Bara Elekuru
The Elekuru family in Ikire, Osun State has celebrated their annual festival in grand style, with a call on the Osun State Government to invest in the event.
The festival brought together family members from near and far to celebrate and discuss ways to support one another and promote the family’s progress.
The chairman of Elekuru Compound in lkire, Mr. Peter Olaawo Mr Peter Olaawo Ola, explained that the celebration featured prayers for protection and guidance, as well as traditional rites.
He encouraged family members to use the occasion to help others and promote the family’s well-being.
In his own contributions, the erstwhile Bara Elekuru of lkireland, High Chief Nureni Adebowale who was recently promoted and installed as Osolo of lkireland, now a kingmaker and forth in rank to the Akire of lkire kingdom went down the memory lane to give the background history of Elekuru Day festival.
He noted that the festival was designed and modernized to appeal to the gods and ancestors for protection and development of the community and the residents.
ln his submission, Pa Kolawole Olowosoke (Baale), head of Elekuru Compound expressed the family’s plan to make the annual celebration a global event, contributing to Osun State’s tourism sector and internally generated revenue.
ln his own speech, the new Bara Elekuru of lkireland, Oyaleke Christopher Ademola commended his people for finding him worthy to become the new Bara Elekuru and pleaded with them to eschew bitterness and embrace love and unity to further the progress of all and Sundry in the community, particular lkireland in general.
In his contributions, the newly installed, Bara of Elekuru Land, Chief Oyaleke Christopher Ademola commend the good people of Elekuru community for electing him as the newly Bara of Elekuru and advocated more love and unity among the sons and daughters of Elekuru land.
He also used the medium to glorify heavenly Father for the huge success recorded during the 2025 edition of the Elekuru festival.
Other family members who were apparently very excited at the occasion exchanged pleasantries and expressed joy, satisfaction and happiness for witnessing the celebration that comes up on the first day of October of every year, saying it afforded them great opportunity to meet old faces.
It is on record that the 2025 edition of the festival that ushered in the new Bara Elekuru ended peacefully without any rancour.
