By the declaration made under section 4(2) of the Chiefs Law 1957 of the Customary Law regulating the selection of the
Awujale of Ijebuland Chieftaincy, there are four ruling houses:[2]
House of Gbelegbuwa
House of Anikinaiya
House of Fusengbuwa
House of Moyegeso
The Declaration was approved 25 August 1959 and registered on 1 September 1959.
List of past and present Awujales
OBA OLU-IWA
OBA OSHIN
OBANTA – 1430
OBA GURU – 1445
OBA MUNIGBUWA – 1455
OBANTA II – 1460
OBA LOJA – 1470
OBA LOFIN – 1482
OBA APASA – 1496
OBA GANJU – 1508
OBA TEWOGBOYE – 1516
OBA RUWAMUDA – 1520
OBA OFINRAN – 1532
OBA LAPENGBUA – 1537
OBA OTUTUBIOSUN – 1537
OBA MOKO IDOWA AJUWAKALE – 1540
OBA ADISA – 1552
OBA JEWO – 1561
OBA ELEWU ILEKE – 1576
OBA OLUMISODAN ELEWU ILEKE – 1590
OBA MASE – 1620
OBA OLOTUSESO – 1625
OBA MOLA – 1635
OBA AJANA – 1642
OBA ORE OR GADEGUN – 1644 (The first female Awujale)
OBA GUNWAJA – 1655
OBA JADIARA OR OLOWOJOYEMEJI – 1660
OBA SAPOKUN – 1675
OBA FALOKUN – 1687
OBA MEKUN – 1692
OBA GBODOGI – 1702
OBA OJIGI AMOYEGESO – 1710
OBA LIYEWE AROJOFAYE – 1730
OBA MOYEGE OLOPE – 1730
OBA OJORA – 1735
OBA FESOJOYE – 1745
OBA ORE JEJE – 1749 (Female)
OBA SAPENNUWA RUBA KOYE – 1750 (Female)
OBA ORODUDU JOYE – 1755
OBA TEWOGBUWA I – 1758
OBA GBELEGBUWA I – 1760
OBA FUSENGBUWA – 1790
OBA SETEJOYE – 1820
OBA ANIKILAYA FIGBAJOYE AGBOOGUNSA – 1821
OBA AFIDIPOTEMOLE ADEMUYEWO – 1850
OBA ATUNWASE ADESINBO – 1886
OBA OGBAGBA AGBOTEWOLE I – 1895
OBA FUSIGBOYE ADEONA – 1906
OBA FESOGBADE ADEMOLU – 1916 (Dethroned)
OBA ADEKOYA ELERUJA – 1916
OBA ADEMOLU FESOGBADE – 1917 (Enthroned again)
OBA ADENUGA AFOLAGBADE – 1925
OBA OGUNNAIKE FIBIWOJA – 1929
OBA DANIEL ADESANYA GBELEGBUWA II – 1933-1959
OBA Dr. SIKIRU OLUWAKAYODE ADETONA, OGBAGBA AGBOTEWOLE II – 1960–present