Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State will on Thursday June 11, 2020 present Staff of Office to the new okere of Saki Oba Khalid Oyeniyi Olabisi, Ilugbemidepo 111
Oba Olabisi emmerger in January and has performed the traditional rite
He has also been supporting the people of Saki with donation of food items, cash and others as palliative since the outbreak of COVID-19.
The ceremony is billed to hold by 10 am at the palace of the monarch in Saki town in a low key as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging the globe.
Oba Olabisi who is from the Ado ruling house emerged among the 22 candidates earlier nominated to fill the vacant Okere of Saki stool.
Okere is the title of the stool of the king of Saki in Saki West local government area of Oyo state.
The last Okere of Saki, Oba Kelani Olatoyese Olarinre II died in April, 2013 at the age of 60.
Oba Khalid Olabisi, a surveyor is a graduate of the University of Lagos.
He contested for Saki West, Saki East and Atisbo federal constituency in the 2007 general elections under the platform of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and lost to Alhaji Tajudeen Abisodun Were of the People Democratic Party (PDP).
