The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has adopted a 17-year-old boy as his son after the teenager made a pencil drawing of him.
Oba Ogunwusi shared pictures of the boy simply named Samuel with the drawing on Instagram on Thursday.
The monarch also announced he would be taking care of the boy’s tuition fees.
“I got tagged on Twitter a few months back from a young man who made a brilliant pencil drawing of myself, in my appreciation for his art I invited him to my palace,” the Ooni wrote.
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“17-year-old superlative Samuel who is just about to graduate from secondary school has been adopted by me, his fees till his tertiary education will be taken care of by me, and he will be gainfully employed right here in my palace.”
The reverred monarch said he also met Samuel’s mother, a corn trader, “who demonstrates an incredible heart of motherhood. She reveres in awe of the Stool of Oduduwa at the sight of me.”
Oba Ogunwusi vowed to continue “in the mission of discovering beautiful souls”.
