•Amid claims of interference, factions emerge

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta

For Ijebuland, the wait for a new Awujale has become much more than a traditional succession exercise.

It has evolved into a complex contest involving custom, law, family interests, institutional authority and allegations of political influence.

More than a year after the death of Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the late Awujale of Ijebuland, the kingdom is yet to produce a successor.