Olu Atuwatse II 26 September 1945 – 5 September 2015
The King Designate and chiefs at the site of the last performance of some symbolic chores in 1987.
The Late Olu Atuwatse II (Godwin Toritseju Ayonmi-Gbesimi Emiko) succeeded his father Erejuwa II. He was a lawyer by profession (a graduate from University of Lagos in 1972).
He attended Government School Warri and then Hussey College in 1961 where he became the heady in his final year of school. As headboy, the tall prince was nicknamed “Oxen Dale”
He was crowned Atuwase II on May the 2nd, 1987.
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