
The House of Oduduwa under the leadership of Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife & spiritual head of Yoruba race received visitors across the world on Saturday, 28th of September 2024 to offer annual prayers to their creator as the historic & mysterious Are crown comes out for Olojo 2024.
Addressing the sons and daughters of Oduduwa, the Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Jackson Adeleke disclosed that Olojo festival has turned to an important moment that everybody always looks forward to across the whole world.
“This is because the mysterious Are crown represents light and anywhere there is light, there must always be progress and development”. Asiwaju Ademola Adeleke said
Senator Adeleke used the opportunity to appreciate Arole Oduduwa and all Ile-Ife chiefs for uplifting the culture and tradition of Yoruba race in a special way.
In his own vote of thanks speech, the chairman of Ife Development Board, Mr Gbenga Adefaye appreciated all a sundry for participating massively in this year’s edition of Olojo Festival.

He reminded the participants the significant and potency of the historic Are crown and used the opportunity to beseech everybody to start entering the mood of prayers as the only crown that descended directly from the heavens was about to come out.
Earlier, before the arrival of the Executive Governor of Osun State, the chiefs, royal fathers, dignitaries across the globe, groups, organizations, brands, paid homage to the Head of Yoruba race in the bid to receive blessings from the Arole Oduduwa.


Sango of Africa paid homage to Olofin Adimula by displaying traditional furnace attributes peculiar to only Sango as one of the Deities of Yoruba Land.
While the atmosphere began to change as the eyes of the Arole Oduduwa equally started entering the spiritual realm, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II walked into the ancient room of Oduduwa, the progenitor of Yoruba race to carry the mysterious Crown and all the participants started asking for what they want from their creator.

Ooni Ogunwusi came out with Are Crown after several hours of propitiations, walked down to Okemogun where the Osoogun of the source crossed the matchet with the carrier of Are crown which connotes the creation of the Day while the participants continued to pray to their Ancestors.