Olubuse I was also the father of Omo-Oba Adereti Sijuade and grandfather of Oba Okunade Sijuwade the 50th Ooni of Ife.
[2][3][4] Adelekan Olubuse I was the first Ooni to vacate his palace since the inception of the Monarchy, said to date back to 500 B.C., the current dynasty of which is over eight hundred years old.
Olubuse I was asked by the British governor, Sir William Macgregor, to travel to Lagos to settle a dispute and inform him regarding the status and well-being of his people in 1903.
Jacob Olupona asserts that, for Westerners, the Ooni departing Ile-Ife is the same as God leaving heaven at the behest of a mortal.
[5] When asked by the British governor about the welfare of his people, the Ooni is said to have responded by telling him that they wept at his departure, and many awaited his return outside of the city.