Ijebu Ife is in Ijebu East local government of Ogun State.

According to a statement issued by the chairman of the media sub-committee, Chief Gbenga Omilola, the event will showcase Ijebu Ife’s rich cultural heritage in an atmosphere of excitement and pride.

Omilola quoted the acting chairman of the central planning committee of the event, Otunba Kamal Owode, as saying, “We are putting together a festival that will stand out in its uniqueness. This year, we aim to showcase the strength, history, and unity of Ijebu Ife in an electrifying celebration.”

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Omilola said a major highlight of this year’s celebration will be the launch of a N100 million community development project and empowerment programme, aimed at driving sustainable development and creating opportunities for the people of Ijebu Ife.

The initiative, he said, would be unveiled during the event.

He said the prelude to the main event had already kicked off with a football competition, engaging various quarters of Ijebu Ife in a thrilling battle for supremacy on the field.

He added that a major crowd-puller would be the Ikokore Night, set for Friday, October 11, 2024.

The main event, scheduled for Saturday, October 12, 2024, will kick off at 10 a.m. with a number of activities.

The event will be hosted by the Ajalorun of Ijebu Ife, Oba Adesesan Afolorunso Oguntayo, while the chairman will be Chief Adesoye Gboyega Tunde, Osi Balogun of Ijebuland and Balogun Egbe Bobagunte (Okunrin) Akile-Ijebu, with Chief Amb. Zainab Afolabi Yemitan, Iya Egbe Jagunmolu Omooba Akile-Ijebu present.

Legendary Queen Salawa Abeni will entertain at the occasion.

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The ancient town of Ijebu Ife, Ijebu East local government area of Ogun State, was agog at the weekend as a book on the town was unveiled.

The book is by a photo-journalist, Mr. Dayo Adedayo.

This was even as a chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Dr AbdulHakeem Adetugbobo, bagged the title of Otunba Amesofe of Ijebu Ife.

While performing the official installation of the new chief, the Ajalorun of Ijebu Ife, Oba Adesesan Afolorunso Oguntayo, said Adetugbobo was bestowed with the title in view of his link with Amesofe, one of the three ruling houses of the town.

However, the monarch added that Adetugbobo who is the D-G of a Lagos strategy group, Asiwaju Grassroots Talk, AGT, was considered for the conferment in view of his commitment and contributions to the development of the town.

He noted that “it is my pleasure and privilege to approve and confer on you the traditional and royal chieftaincy title of Otunba Amesofe of Ijebu Ife which you merit by all standards.”

Speaking at the event, Chairman, Lagos APC, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, described Adetugbobo as a true party man committed to the advancement of democracy in Lagos State and in Nigeria.

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He recalled that the party benefitted from Adetugbobo’s influence at the grassroots in the 2023 general elections, stressing, “Dr Adetugbobo’s  deployed his army of grassroots mobiliser in AGT to ensure that our party came tops at the 2023 elections. I am confident that he would bring his experience as a grassroots mobiliser to enhance social-economic development of Ijebu Ife.”

In his speech at the occasion, the Lagos State Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Honourable Tolani Sule, commended renowned photo-journalist, Dayo Adedayo, for rolling out a well detailed book on Ijebu Ife.

Sule said the book would go a long way in further  projecting  the already  enviable position of Ijebu Ife among the frontline towns in the South West region of the country.

One of the major highlights of the event was the convergence of the  old students of Ijebu Ife Community Grammar School, ICGS, on their alma mater for the inauguration of a multi-million Naira ICT center donated by one of them.

While addressing the crowd of students and staff of the school at the inauguration, the new Otunba Amesofe expressed confidence that the new ICT facility would earn the school accreditation as a Computer-Based Test Center, CBT, for the JAMB examination.

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Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta.

Akinbiyi noted that the accident occurred at 12:30 p.m. and was caused by excessive speed on the part of the Ford SUV driver who ran into the truck.

The TRACE spokesperson added that four people were involved in the accident, saying that three persons died.

“The Ford jeep was on its way from Lagos to the Eastern part on vacation when it rammed into a stationary Dangote truck from behind due to excessive speed and loss of control.

“The husband of the woman stays overseas and the driver was employed as the family driver.

“The driver is at the police station,” he said.

He explained that the accident involved Howo truck with registration number WW 630 XA and Ford SUV marked AKD 311 HH.

Akinbiyi noted that the remains of the deceased were deposited at the morgue of Gosheng Hospital, Ijebu Ife, by operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC.

He said that the vehicles involved had been taken to Ijebu Ife divisional police station.

He commiserated with the family of the deceased, advising drivers to avoid excessive speed and dangerous driving, particularly during the harmattan season.

Source: NAN

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