1.
He was born on January 1,
1930 in Ile-Ife to the Ogboru ruling house, grandson of the Ooni Sijuwade
Adelekan Olubuse I.
2.
He became the fiftieth traditional
ruler, Ooni of Ife, on 6 December 1980.
3.
He studied at Abeokuta Grammar School
and Oduduwa College in Ile-Ife.
4.
He worked for three years in his
father's business, then for two years with the Nigerian Tribune
5.
He studied business management
at Northampton College in the United Kingdom.
6.
He became a manager in Leventis, a
Greek-Nigerian conglomerate at the age of 30.
7.
In 1963, he became Sales Director of the
state-owned National Motor in Lagos.
8.
After spotting a business opportunity
during a 1964 visit to the then Soviet Union, he formed a company to
distribute Soviet-built vehicles and equipment in Nigeria, which became the
nucleus of a widespread business empire.
9.
Sijuwade was a Christian.
10.
In February 2009, Sijuwade helped
mediate in a dispute over land ownership between the communities of Ife and
Modakeke, resolved in part through the elevation of the Ogunsua of Modakeke as
an Oba.
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