[7] Following the death of Ohinoyi Sanni Omolori of the Oziada clan in 1997,[4] the Lagos-based entrepreneur and son of the second paramount ruler of Ebiraland, Abdulrahman Ado Ibrahim, ascended the Okene throne as the second Ohinoyi or fourth independent traditional ruler of Ebiraland on 2 June 1997.
[8][9][10][11] It was reported that a bomb exploded during the president's visit at a mosque close to the palace of the ohinoyi in Okene, killing about three persons.
[16] Ibrahim in his reply to the query on 12 January 2022, addressed to the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, stated that he did not receive an official notification and was unaware of the construction of another palace which was part of the projects to be commissioned by the president, other than the one he had been residing in since his coronation in 1997.
[17] Earlier in December 2022, Ibrahim declared his support for Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the PDP vying for the Kogi Central Senatorial District ultimate position.
One of Ibrahim's children, Prince Malik Ado-Ibrahim, was as of 7 January 2023, the presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) towards the upcoming elections in Nigeria.