THE LATE OLOWO OF OWO, OBA SIR TITUS OLATERU OLAGBEGI THE 2ND.
Oba Sir Titus Olateru Olagbegi II, (Olowo of Owo), born in 1910, was appointed the Olowo, of the ancient city of Owo, in 1941 and ruled for 25 years, before he was deposed in 1968.
His dethronement from power and exile was as a result of the fall out of the Western Regional crises, which fractionalized the Action Group into the Awolowo and Akintola camps at the Jos Conference of the Action Group Party in 1962. Members of the Akintola Group were virtually expelled from the party. The Action Group, which was launched in Olagbegi’s Palace in 1951, was led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
A battle of wits, between the two gladiators- Akintola and Awolowo, saw Oba Olateru pitching his tent with Akintola. Another prominent Owo citizen and acolyte of Oba Olateru Olagbegi- Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, pitched his tent with the Awolowo group.
Sun re o Baba.....you are loved and missed greatly.
Photo credit :Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973) - Photo taken in 1959
Article credit : Femi Kehinde (Vanguard Newspaper)
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