23/07/2025
On Saturday, July 19, 2025, Chief Olufunmilola Okunowo, the Bobashua of Ijebuland and Chairman of the Implementation Committee for the Creation of Ijebu State, led the Ijebu delegation to the South West Zone public hearing in Lagos. The event, organised by the Federal House of Representatives Committee reviewing the 1999 Constitution, featured the presentation of a memorandum advocating for the creation of Ijebu State from the old Ijebu Province, with Ijebu-Ode proposed as the state capital.