Ogunwusi adeyeye enitan biography of abraham

Early Life and Education

Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, as the son of Prince John Oluropo Ogunwusi and Princess Margaret Wuraola Sidikatu Abegbe Ogunwusi into the Royal House of Giesi, one of the House of Oranmiyan’s four royal dynasties. Prince Joseph Olagbaju Adewole Ogunwusi was his paternal grandfather, and his grandfather was ba ráygbà (also known as Ooni Orarigba or Orasigba) Ojájá I, the 44th Ooni of Ife who ruled from 1878 to 1880.

He is a direct descendant of Ooni Agbedegbede, who was a descendant of Ooni Giesi (the Giesi royal house’s progenitor), and hence a descendant of Ooni Lajodogun. Oranmiyan’s grandson, Lajodogun, was the son of Ooni Lajamisan (or Lajemisin), the legendary founder of the Oyo Empire.

Oranmiyan was the son or grandson of Oduduwa, the first Ooni of Ife.

His birth was claimed to have been foreseen years before he was conceived, so his mother gave him the name