Adesimbo Victor Kiladejo

Oba Adesimbo Victor Kiladejo Adenrele Ademefun Kiladejo, or Jilo III, was appointed the 44th Osemawe, or traditional ruler of the Ondo Kingdom in Nigeria on 1 December 2006. He was crowned on 29 December 2008 at a ceremony attended by dignitaries including the Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Agagu, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, and the leader of Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti.

Kiladejo was born in Ondo City, the eldest of the twenty-two children of Prince Gbadebo Adedoyin Kiladejo, Edilokun of the Okuta Ruling House. He attended the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, earning a B.Sc in Health Sciences, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. He went on to the University of Liverpool for post-graduate studies in Reproductive Health. After his Youth Corp Service he started work at the Ondo State Health Management Board, rising to the position of Medical Director. He left to establish his private practice, Kiladejo Hospitals Group in Lagos, and later branched out into other businesses.