[1] One of his sons, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III, was later enthroned as the Olowo of Owo, in 2019.
He was eventually called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
He started his professional career as a classroom teacher, teaching for a year and a half before joining the Ondo State Civil Service as an Administrative Officer in 2001.
Whenever I was invited to occasions or parties, I did attend but now as a traditional ruler, I will be able to manage it.Ogunoye II reigned for 24 years (6 February 1968 – 22 March 1993).
[4] He succeeded the late Olowo of Owo, Sir Olateru Olagbegi II who was dethroned in June 1966 by the then Military Governor of the Western Region, Colonel Robert Adeyinka Adebayo, as a result of his political role in a plot against the state government.