[6] Afunbiowo II was selected to succeed the previous Oba, Oluwadamilare Adesina, (Osupa III) who had been dethroned on 10 June 2010 for sacrilegious misdeeds.
[6] In the election for Deji, Adesida was selected by eight out of the 15 kingmakers, with Omoba Ademola Adegoroye taking the other seven votes.
[2] The selection process was somewhat controversial, with some of the kingmakers later claiming that Governor Mimiko had forced the decision by declaring one vote invalid due to "senility".
Immediately following his enthronement, he embarked on an ambitious building program that saw the Deji's palaces - one of which is a national monument - refurbished.
He also made efforts to reconcile with the baales (or viceroyal chieftains) that had been feuding with the Akure kingship since the reigns of his predecessors.