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Oba Francis Adefarakanmi Agbede, Ilufemiloye Ogidi III | |
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13th Olowa of Igbara Oke | |
Reign | 2017–present |
Predecessor | Oba John Adebimpe Adepoju |
Born | Igbara-oke, Ondo State, Nigeria | 24 July 1954
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House | Ogidi |
Father | Prince Chief Ezekiel Abiodun Agbede |
Mother | Chief Florence Agbede |
Francis Adefarakanmi Agbede known as Oba Ilufemiloye Ogidi III, is a Nigerian and Yoruba businessman and monarch who has been the 13th Ọba, or Olowa of the town of Igbara-oke, Ondo State since 2017. [1]
He was born on 24 July 1954 into a royal dynasty of Ogidi to Chief Ezekiel Abiodun Agbede, who was a police officer, and his mother, Mrs. Florence Agbede, a trader. His paternal grandparents were Prince Joseph Famibio Agbede and Olori Alice Arabi Agbede. His paternal great-grandfather was Oba Adejuri Ogidi I, the 7th Olowa of Igbara Oke. His uncle was Oba Aderibigbe Agbede Ogidi II, who was the 11th Olowa of Igbara-Oke. He attended the Baptist Primary School in Kaduna and later proceeded to Anglican Grammar School in Igbara-Oke. He earned a degree in Business Administration at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, and later did post graduate studies overseas. [2]
He has worked as a teacher, administrator, accountant and as a security and intelligence consultant. He is the Chairman of Crown Continental Limited.
He is a Member of different professional bodies; Member of American Society of Industrial Security, MASIS; Member, Nigerian Institute of Management, MNIM; Member, British Chartered Institute of Management, MBCIM; Member of the World Association of Detectives, MWAD; Fellow of the Institute of Fraud Examiner of Nigeria, African Awareness School, an Affiliate of Babcock University; Fellow, Certified Institute of Management, FCIM.