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Ripples on So Far So Memorable 2 Ripples on So Far So Memorable [Egba History in Focus] 3 Ripples on So Far So Memorable [Egba History in Focus] Oba Dr. Adedapo Adewale Tejuoso (JP) El M.A; M.B.Ch. B; B.A.O. (T.C.D.) D.T.M & D.P.’H; DJ.'H; F.M.C.G.P; F.W.A.C.P. Karunwi III Osile Oke-Ona, Egba Pumark Nigeria Limited (Educational Publishers) © Oba Dr. Adedapo Adewale Tejuoso (JP) All rights reserved. No part of this publication maybe reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the publishers and the author. First Published May, 1991 ISBN 978-2049-04-2 Published by Pumark Nigeria Limited (Educational Publishers) 15, Ogunsefunmi Street, Off Abeokuta Street, Anifowose, P.O. Box 4152, Ikeja. 4 Dedication This book is dedicated to all Obas in Egba territory, past, present and future - the Alakes, Osiles, Aguras, Olowus and O lobar as — for the historic sacrifices in the supreme interest of peace, stability and orderly development of our beloved Egba fatherland. I also dedicate the book to all believers in truth, equity and the eradication of man’s inhumanity to man. Also, to the promoters of the ideals which enhance the freedom of the individual. Finally to my late father, Mr. Joseph Somoye Tejuoso, my mother, the Iyalode of the Egbas, Chief Mrs. Bisoye Tejuoso, my late sister Rotayo Tejuoso, the Oloris, all my children and grandchildren and the Ayokun - Karunwi — Tejuoso Families. And lastly, but not the least, all my true friends and the entire Oke-Ona, Egba Community. 6 Acknowledgements My Publisher and I are very grateful to all those whose efforts in many ways have made the publication of this book a reality. We are particularly grateful to Professor Ayo Banjo, Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, without whose kind permission all the research efforts in this book would not have been possible. We acknowledge and appreciate the contributions of Messrs Kehinde Okusanya and Ola Agbekorede, the librarians and other members of staff of the Kenneth Dike Memorial Library and the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan and the History Department of the same Institution to the publication of this book. We also want to extend our gratitude to the staff of the National Archives, Ibadan and the National Library, Ake, Abeokuta, Mr. Isichel and Mrs. Umebe Onyejekwe for their invaluable assistance. Out sincere thanks also go to those who submitted all the memoranda and responses to them. For their kind permission in making use of their daily Newspapers and Magazines, in form of clippings, we are grateful to The Village News, Concord Press, Daily Times, The Champion The Tribune, Nationswealth, Lagos Weekend, The Punch, The Sketch, Guardian Express, TSM Magazine, Prime People, etc. I want to express my personal gratitude to my secretariat staff — Mr. Seind J. Ogunsheye, Miss Atim Etim and Miss Funmi Olayemi for 7 painstakingly typing and proof-reading the manuscripts of this book. I’ll seize this opportunity to extend brotherly gratitude to their Royal Highnesses, Kabiyesi Alayeluwa Oba Oyebade Lipede, Alake of Egbaland, Oba Halidu Laloko, Sobekun II, Agura of Gbagura, Oba Samuel Adetoun, Omala oflmala, Oba Michael Fatona, Elewo of Ilewo, Onijale of Ijale and all members of the Egba Chieftaincy Council without whom the publication of this book would never have been made possible. Thank votuand God bless. Oba Adedapo Tejuoso Karunwi III, psije Oke Ona Egba. May, 1991 8 Contents Page 1. Dedication .......................................... vii 2. Acknowledgement ............................. viii 3. Preface .............................................. 1 4. A Bird’s Eye View .............................. 13 5. Down Egba historical lane ................. 32 6. The genesis of it all: (The full text of Osile’s earlier letter to Oba Lipede, A lake Egbaland) 34 7. An introductory note to all reactions ... 37 8. Reactions (positive and negative) vis-a-vis my rejoinders (i) Chief Dr. M.A. Majekodunmi’s (Otun Egba) coronation speech, memo and my rejoinder .. ...... 39 (ii) Chief Toye Coker’s (Apena Egba) memo and my rejoinder 45 (iii) Chief Lateef Adegbite’s (Seriki Egba) memo and my rejoinder ............................................. 69 (vi) Chief T.O.S. Benson’s (Sobaloju Egba) memo and my rejoinder ................................................... 79 (v) Putting the records straight by Chief Yombo Akoni (Sakotun, Oke-Ona) ................................. 86 (vi) Chief Oshunrinde’s and Lekan Ogundimu’s reactions 97 (vii) Chief A. Rotimi’s (Oluwo Egba) memo and my rejoinder 107 (viii) Olori Yetunde Gbadebo’s letter and my reply 113 9 (ix) Chief S. O. Akinremi’s (Ogboye Egba) memo and my rejoinder ............... ... .. .. .. ... ... ... 121 (x) Chief Amos Sanyaolu’s (Balogun Egba) memo and my rejoinder ................................................... 129 (xi) Chief (Dr.) Yinka Otolorin’s (Aro Egba) memo and my rejoinder .............................. ... ..... ...... 133 (xii) Chief D. A. Adeyinka’s (Odofin Egba) memo and my rejoinder. (xiii) Chief S. B. Sobande’s (Osi Egba) memo and my rejoinder (xiv) Chiefs. I. Lasile’s(Baala Egbajmemo and my rejoinder 14 (xv) Mr. Oladipo Ye mi tan’s views and my rejoinder 145 (xvi) Chief Sogbein’s (Bada Egba) memo and my rejoinder 156 (xvii) Chief Doja Adewolu’s (Akinlagun Oke-Ona, Egba) memo and my rejoinder ....... ............. ............ 159; (xviii) Gbagura Council of Chiefs’ letter and my rejoinder 155 (xix) Oke-Ona Council of Chiefs’ letter and my rejoinder 168 (xx) Professor Saburi Biobaku’s (Baapitan Egba) report and my rejoinder . ..... .. ... .. ...... .. .... 175 (xxi) Oba Oyebade Lipede’s (Alake of Egbaland) speech and my rejoinder ........ ... ....... .... ... ..... .. ... .. 186 9. The re-constituted Ogun State Council of Chiefs 207 10. ........... Land/boundarymatters.............. 215 11.Oke-Ona Egba Community Development Bank 231 10 12.Oke-Ona Egba Dynasty Fund and Scholarship Scheme 240 13. Oke-Ona Egba Population Policy and Family Life Clinic/ Education .................................................. 254 14. Death threats — on my life and others 265 15. Diary of events of my 2nd Year in office ........ 274 16. Appendix A: Extracts from Council meeting minutes on my book: So Far So Memorable ............................... 17. Appendix B: Paper clippings (extracts), functional speeches, letters of appreciations, congratulations, etc. etc 320 11 Preface People have asked me why I wrote the book So Far, So Memorable in the vein in which I did. My first reaction to their enquiry is — ‘"What is wrong with the book?” It is a book which details out my experience during my first year on the throne of my forefathers and the age-long observations of my subjects on the goings-on in Egba. These observations border on some anomalies/injustices pervading the entire Egba set-up. My reactions (contrary to my critics) do not signify any war song or call to arms. It is to make the Egba society more wholesome and devoid of bad feelings. Erroneously, they query (what they term) my “feeble** grasp of the politics of our dear Egba forgetting that the Osile is a continuum. The Osile never dies. I, as the Osile, personify all the Osiles of old, even those from our days at the Orile (Egba forests) and the Oloko of the Old Oko in Oyo province. I am a reincanation of the Osiles who have not ceased to fight against the double-standards, deceit and gross disrespect for our age-long ancestral crowns which is older than any other Egba Crown. Whilst the past Osiles got persecuted, conspired against (and in some cases paid the supreme price — death), they succeeded (given their limitations and the forces against them) to highlight these unacceptable relegation and disrespect. It is very difficult for an outsider to understand my grouse with the system. A seat on the Egba Chieftaincy Council might be helpful in the 12 proper approximation of my disgust with the present situation. I was remote from the day-to-day activities of the Egba Chieftaincy Council (ECC) whilst I was Bantun Egba and therefore not particularly exposed to the politics and structure of the Council. But now that I leave amongst the people, I know much belter. A look through my autobiography The Ultimate Honour should give readers an idea of the person I am. I am brutally frank, almost to a fault. If I could go to the length which I demonstrated in The Ultimate Honour to write so frankly about myself and my domestic affairs why would I not even go miles further in the supreme interest of my people who actually mean a lot more to me? My Insignia/Coat of Arms speaks volumes about my character. My Motto; “He touches nothing that he does not adorn” reflects in totality my attitude to life. Anything worth doing at all, must be approached with a singleness of purpose for the better. Why then should my feelings and strong beliefs in a change for better in the Egba structure be a surprise to anybody? I have been a crusader for equality of persons’ rights from my student days at the Abeokuta Grammar School. By around 1976, my views and feel- j ings were sharpened by happenings in the Badminton world. It should be remembered that I have travelled all over the world on behalf of Nigeria and ] completely at my own expense attending annually the 13 General Meeting of the International Badminton Federation (IBF) — where we had to contend | with the issue of Apartheid in South Africa and South Africa’s continued i membership of the world body. For most of these years, I was always in the forefront of this discussion. A look at my autobiography The Ultimate Honour (from page 69 onwards) especially my Speech at the 1987 A.G.M. in Beijin (China) would give further insight into my total abhorence of inequality and unnecessary oppression of man by man or any form of discrimination.
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