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 28th 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.