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Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan

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Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan
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Haihuwa 1950 (74/75 shekaru)
ƙasa Najeriya
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Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan masarautar Najeriya ce kuma mashahurin mai wanda shine mai mulkin gargajiya na yanzu na Masarautar Ugbo, Jihar gargajiya ta Najeriya a cikin Karamar Hukumar Ilaje, Jihar Ondo, kudu maso yammacin Najeriya. Shi ne kuma wanda ya kafa Obat Oil, daya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin mai masu zaman kansu a Najeriya.[1]

A watan Maris na shekara ta 2014 Forbes ya kiyasta darajarsa ta US $ 300 miliyan.[2] Mujallar Forbes ta sanya Obateru a matsayin Sarki na biyu mafi arziki a Afirka kuma mafi arziki a Najeriya. Ya wuce Sarki Olubuse II, Ooni na Ife, tare da dala miliyan 225 da kuma Swaziland Sarki Mswati III da sama da dala miliyan 200 don zama sarki na biyu mafi arziki a Afirka a shekarar 2014 bayan Mohammed VI na Morocco.[3]Yana da al'ada da aka gina a 2012 Rolls-Royce mai kama da na Sarauniya Elizabeth II kuma a ranar 14 ga Janairun 2014, a cikin wata hira da Daily Post, ya ce "Ina da agogo na dala miliyan 1, ina amfani da irin motar kamar Sarauniya ta Ingila".[4]

Obateru shine baƙar fata na farko da ya sayi samfurin 2014 na motar Bentley. [5] [6][7] A Rana Yulin 2013, a wata hira da The Sun, Obateru ya ce: "Lokaci na farko da na ga mota shine 1961 a Sapele. A wannan lokacin, Sir Festus Okotie-Eboh yana da otal a Sapele, Waterside Hotel. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da nake ganin otal a rayuwata. Mun yi amfani da shi don bayyana otal-otal a matsayin mashaya. Wannan shine karo na farko na san bambancin tsakanin otal da mashaya. "[8]

An haifi Obateru a shekara ta 1950 a cikin dangin sarauta na Sir Frederick Adetolugbo a Ugbo, wani yanki na kogi a Ilaje . Shi ne ɗa na huɗu a cikin iyali na takwas amma ya rasa mahaifinsa a 1964 lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 14.[9]

A shekara ta 1982, akwai annabci cewa Obateru zai zama Olugbo na Masarautar Ugbo, annabcin da bai taba ɗauka da muhimmanci ba. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan wannan annabcin, an ba da lakabin shugabanci na musamman a gare shi kamar yadda aka ba da Olugbo na gaba ga ɗan'uwansa. Wannan ya haifar da karar da aka shigar a kan Olugbo na lokacin da wani dangin sarauta a cikin wannan zuriya wanda ya bukaci a cire shi daga sarauta tare da da'awar cewa iyalinsa sun zauna a wurin zama sama da shekaru 200. Sarki na lokacin ya rasa shari'ar kuma an nada Obateru a matsayin Sarki a shekara ta 2009, daidai da al'adu da al'adun Ugbo Kingdom.[10][11]

Obateru ta kafa Obat Oil a 1981. A yau, kamfanin yana da tashoshin gas sama da 50 a fadin yankuna shida na siyasar Najeriya kuma kamfanin ya mallaki ɗayan manyan gonakin tanki a Afirka, wurin ajiya na zamani wanda zai iya adana lita miliyan 65 na Kayayyakin man fetur.[12] Obateru ya nada ɗansa na biyu, Yarima Akinfemiwa Akinrutan, manajan darektan kamfanin. A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2013, Babban Kotun Tarayya da ke zaune a Abuja ta ba da umarnin kama shi nan da nan kan zargin rashin biyayya ga umarnin kotu, biyo bayan karar da Barrister Iyke Ukadike ya gabatar kuma ya yi jayayya a gaban kotun.[13][14]

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