Prince Segun Oniru is now battling to occupy the throne of his late father, Oba Idowu Abiodun Oniru.
Sources said that family members and chiefs are supporting him to succeed his father.
Besides, they are already calling him Aremo and he is already holding court in the Iru palace.
That is not all, Hakeem Ajasa, the Chief Security Officer of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila is also contesting to become the king.
Prince Hakeem Ajasa was said to be one of the Prince presented by the Abisogun ruling house of Iru to succeed the late king.
Ajasa, who graduated from the Lagos State University (LASU), also holds a Professional Masters In Intelligence and Strategic Studies (MISS) from the Osun State University, Osogbo.
The late Orumbe Oniru Imahin was said to be the founding father of the three ruling houses, namely Abisogun, Akiogun and Ogunyemi.
The three ruling houses have been stamped in accordance with the Lagos State Declaration made under the Customary Law Regulation Selection to the Oniru Chieftaincy of Lagos of September 14, 1993 and approved by the then Governor of the state, the late Sir Michael Agbolade Otedola.
The Declaration approved rotation and the procedure to be followed in the nomination of candidates by the local government.
It is pertinent to state that Oniru stool has been occupied by the following monarchs since 1589.
They are;
- Onigefon – 1589-1620;
- Mabogunje 1621 -1654
- Ihuntayi – 1655-1687;
- Odudu Eleyiwo- 1688-1709;
- Abanu 1710-1735;
- Olaletan 1736-1790;
- Orisasanya 1792-1820;
- Orumbe 1821-1835
- Abisogun 1836-1855
- Akiogun 1856-1893
- Akinsanya Ogunyemi 1894-1926
- Lawani Oduloye 1927-1933;
- Yesufu Abiodun Oniru1934-1984
- Idowu Abiodun Oniru-1994-2019
It would be recalled that those who occupied the stool from 1589 till 1984 used to Baales (Chief), until the reign of Idowu Abiodun Oniru.
Idowu Abiodun Oniru in 1995 was accorded official recognition as a first-class Oba and crowned at a colourful ceremony.