Ọba Festus Ọlátúnjí Ọlátúndé is a blue blood of Odùduwà and descendant of the great Ọba Ojúgbàyè and Agúnsόyè. He is the grandson of Ọba Ọláìbíyẹmí of Ìmẹ̀sí Èkìtì who was for nine years a compulsory guest and friend of Aláàfin Ládìgbòlù of Ọ̀yọ́ due to his being exiled and a thorn in the flesh of the white colonialist. He is an Ọṣọ and was born in Ìlúọmọba Èkìtì on 28^th of September 1953 to the Royal and illustrious family of late Prince John Adétόmi Ọlátúndé of Ìmẹ̀sí Èkìtì. His mother was late Rebecca Olúfúnke Ọlátúndé, a woman of virtue and excellence who delivered him at the Ìjàn Èkìtì Maternity Home.