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Ago-Are Year Review Ago-Are Year Review is a community development communication medium. It was first established as a community magazine in the year 2000.

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CIVIL WAR HERO FOLLOWS ARAGABarely twenty-four hours after the death of Jonathan Oke Araga was recorded, a Nigerian Civi...
08/11/2025

CIVIL WAR HERO FOLLOWS ARAGA

Barely twenty-four hours after the death of Jonathan Oke Araga was recorded, a Nigerian Civil War hero has followed suit after an illness.

Aged 77, Pa Abel Olufemi Akanji-Aro Adepoju JP of the Iyalode Compound passed on at an hospital in Ibadan on Friday 7th November, 2025.

His remains was brought home and buried on Saturday 8th November, 2025 after his funeral ceremony conducted at the Apata Ayeraye Baptist Church, Shasha Road, Ago-Are.

Born in June, 1948, Pa Olufemi Adepoju attended the Baptist Day School Ago-Are, Baptist Modern School Otu and the Kiriji Memorial College.

In the year 1965, he first became an apprentice radio mechanic under his relative the incumbent Bobajiro of Saki Chief Adejumo Adetola and later became an apprentice tailor under Mr Olaleye a native of Idoani in Ondo resident at Ekotedo, Ibadan from 1966 to 1968.

With the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War in 1967, Olufemi Adepoju joined the Nigerian Army and acquired his basic military training at the Nigerian Army Training Depot Abeokuta from where he was posted to the 23 Battalion, Sector 2 Afikpo under the First Division Nigerian Army operating from Enugu then. He fought in the Biafran War and one of the Federal troops who captured Akaze, Owutu, Umuahia, Beide, Arochukwu and Ohafia among others.

As a Signaler in the Army, he also worked in Maiduguri, Jos, Ibadan and Kaduna where he retired voluntarily in 1989 in the rank of Warrant Officer (WO).

As a military veteran and Civil War hero, Pa Olufemi Adepoju became the Chairman Nigerian Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Atisbo Local Government Area from 2009 to 2017.

The deceased contributed positively to the development of the Ago-Are Community in many ways. He also took part in religious activities where he held various posts from Sunday School teacher to Chairman Building Committee and member Peace and Reconciliation Committee.

Pa Adepoju also took to active politics which made him to assist many young politicians to grow in the locality. He was the Organizing Secretary Social Democratic Party (1992 – 1993), Secretary APC Elders Forum Atisbo LGA and until death the Chairman APC Security Committee from 2013.

He is survived by his wife and children.,

SOCIALSIDEAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS & COLLEGE CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF IMPARTING KNOWLEDGEActivities to mark the 30th Year ...
06/11/2025

SOCIALS

IDEAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS & COLLEGE CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF IMPARTING KNOWLEDGE

Activities to mark the 30th Year Anniversary of the establishment of the Ideal International Schools & College Ago-Aare begun on Wednesday 5th November, 2025 with sporting events held at the Institution's sporting and games field.

The events continued on Thursday with literary competition and special Jumat prayers on Friday while the grand finale was held on Saturday 8th November, 2025.

Notables from all walks of life within the Ago-Are Community as well as far and near were present at the occasion which was held in the School's premises.

EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS GOOD SERVICE TO NATION

Delivering his keynote address at the occasion, the SUB. Dean Arts & Social Science, Federal College of Education, Oyo Dr. Abdulwasiu Jimoh said that establishing educational institution is good service to the nation.

He buttressed his point by listing the classification of the positive characteristics of the average human being, adding that the greatest men in the World are those that have establishments which are beneficial to mankind in general.

The keynote speaker also emphasized that poor education is generally responsible for the socio-economic and political crises confronting Nigeria today.

He made it known that in the last secondary school certificate examinations conducted in the country the five best schools recorded were all private institutions with one each in Abuja the Federal Capital Territory, Anambra and Ogun states while two were recorded in Lagos State.

While laying emphasis on the importance of information and communication technology (ICT) in all spheres of life today, Dr. Wasiu reminded the gathering including parents that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has come up with a new policy that students will now take their examinations with computers from the year 2026.

While listing the numerous benefits of the computer today, he stated that ICT training and application will put the Nigerian scholars and other Africans at par with their counterparts in other parts of the World.

PEN AND CELLPHONE RULING THE WORLD

In his own address, the guest speaker at the Anniversary Fadilat Sheikh Abdul-Rafiu Oloko Atewogba from Saki urged people to know how to use their pen and phones positively saying that from the use of the pen and the phone the intelligence quotient and stupidity of individuals in the society are barely exposed and measured.

He made it known that many in the Black population of the World today are lagging behind in the use of technology but still many poor people engage flamboyantly in the purchase and possession of costly phones to give themselves false personality profiles while they use the phones for mostly intangible things and promotion of poor values in the society.

He made it clear that the great people in the World today are those making good uses of the pen and cellphones to move the society forward in positive achievements through business organization and other spheres of life giving an example of the world-class Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote and his enterprises.

In addition, Sheikh Oloko called on the old students of the Ideal International Schools & College to improve on their activities and carry the young along in mentorship for positive development.

He also urged the students not to forget their old teachers when they become prosperous in future.

In her own speech, a member of Oyo State Local Government Service Commission Hon. Mrs. Olanike Arewa who was the Mother of the Day at the Anniversary stated that she enjoyed the lectures delivered by the guest speakers most narrating how she as a Christian girl grew up among Muslim relatives adding that he lived in Ilorin for 23 years.

She called on all Nigerians not to give in to religious animosity which is a trap set for the country but to allow love and unity to grow tangibly in the country irrespective of religious beliefs.

Dignitaries present at the 30th year Anniversary include the Special Aid to the State Governor on Establishment and the M***i Atisbo Local Government Area Alhaji Soliu among others.

Highlights of the grand finale of the Anniversary events were the fund raising session for an ICT Centre for the School and presentation of awards to personalities who had contributed positively in one way or the other to the growth of the Institution. The immediate past Aare of Ago-Are Land,

His Royal Majesty Oba Jubril Oyesiji Oladoke was among the awardees that got posthumous awards.

Cultural performances by the students of the Institution also attracted loud ovation from the gathering.

The Ideal International Schools & College was founded in 2005 and fully approved by the State Ministry of Education Ibadan in 2006. Today, it is an approved centre for BECE, NECO and SSCE internal examinations.

Breaking NewsARAGA PASSES ONThe death has been announced of the Jagunmolu of Ago-Are Land, Chief Jonathan Oke a.k.a Arag...
06/11/2025

Breaking News

ARAGA PASSES ON

The death has been announced of the Jagunmolu of Ago-Are Land, Chief Jonathan Oke a.k.a Araga.

Chief Araga one of the Okes of the Aganna Compound passed on in his residence in the early hours of Thursday 6th November, 2025.

His remains was committed to Mother Earth in his residence after a well-attended funeral ceremony conducted at the Ife Oluwa Baptist Church Ago-Are.

The local hunters association also conducted the traditional Ipade vigil ceremony in his honour as one of its members the following morning after his burial.

Until his death, Chief Jonathan Oke was an industrious farmer and one of the men of valour who put their lives on the line to defend the Community when Ago-Are was invaded by militants about two decades ago.

He lost an eye in the encounter which ultimately earned him the prestigious chieftaincy title of the Jagunmolu of Ago-Are Land conferred on him by the immediate past Aare of Ago-Are Land, His Royal Majesty Oba Jubril Oyesiji Oladoke of the blessed memory in consultations with the elders.

Ago-Are lost another hero of the invasion Prince Benjamin Oyinloye a member of the Edu Ruling House in the fighting to drive the militants back. His statue was erected at the spot where with only four ammunition cartridges for his shotgun he stood to confront a section of fifteen men trying to advance towards the palace.

Araga survived his wounds in the fighting but lost an eye.

26/10/2025

SOCIALS

Celebrations of a new addition to the Alokonigbos today with the naming ceremony of Baby boy Mofeed of Mr and Mrs Yunus Ademola Salami at the couple's residence.

CAREER OFFICERS MUST FOLLOW CIVIL SERVICE RULES– OYEKOLACareer officers in the Civil Services be it Federal, State or Lo...
15/10/2025

CAREER OFFICERS MUST FOLLOW CIVIL SERVICE RULES
– OYEKOLA
Career officers in the Civil Services be it Federal, State or Local Government must endeavour to take pride in their oath of office to protect public interest by following the etiquettes of their various appointments without fear while carrying out their legitimate duties.

This call was made on Wednesday 15th October, 2025 by a Public Relations researcher and professional Prince Olalekan Taoheed Oyekola while reacting to an incident involving a quarter chief and a leading official of the Atisbo Local Government during the recent foundation laying ceremony of a section of the Ago-Are Cattle Market (Kraal).

At the ceremony, the career officer addressing the assembled special guests of chiefs in line with the official protocol and code of conduct was openly harassed by a chief who claimed that he should be addressed as Oba and not Baale. The chief was wrong in his claims. No government in Oyo State and even the old Western Nigeria has ever recognized or conferred the Obaship title on any other traditional leader in Ago-Are beside the Aare of Ago-Are Land which is the only traditional title so recognized and paramount above others in the Community.

Reacting to the incident which was witnessed by all participants including other chiefs at the occasion, Prince Oyekola pointed out that the occasion was also the best place and time to correct the wrongfully arrogated title by the elders present in defence of the career officer verbally assaulted. They have the relevant published Oyo State Government gazettes and other official documents which are legal tenders in court to use in prosecution if the offending chief and supporters remain adamant in his wrongful claims.

Prince Oyekola urged all Local Government officials who have responded positively to public criticisms of their public conduct by now doing the right things not to give up or lose courage due to actions of the opposing forces. This is because backing them up is the Civil Service Rule, right-thinking elites of the Community and Human Rights organisations in the country beside the industrial unions who will rise up to uphold their rights. What has the Baale achieved to earn upgrading into an Oba above his other counterparts? What about the others upgraded into the Part 2 Category in the surrounding towns? Are they Obas too? he asked. If some people are foolishly displaying ignorance, the elites should not join in, he concluded.

For individuals and groups to take to illegalities by imposing non-existing titles and powers on traditional chiefs is not only cheapening the traditional institutions but also challenging the native laws and powers of the government as well as the will of the people.

While only one Ago-Are Baale has been upgraded to the Part 2 Category of chiefs in Oyo State when several others were so upgraded in the neighbouring towns, forces of discord have been propping up the Ago-Are chief to declare himself as an Oba in violation of the Chiefs Law of Oyo State. There were forces which have tried in the past but failed to balkanize and restructure Ago-Are Town into three autonomous villages with new titles of Aare of Sanndo, Alageere and Oloto. The remnant of the defeated forces mostly sponsored by unscrupulous and misguided elites who themselves have skeletons in their cupboard have continued the ignominious struggle shifting from the Social Media platforms to public events which are hijacked for propaganda to further their selfish interests.

People are complaining but it appears that apathy by establishments which should nip the evil in the bud is drowning their voices of reason. Perhaps if the Local Government has instructed the Motor Licensing Office and the Federal Road Safety Corps to derecognize the offensive number plates of vehicles given to the chiefs and all public functionaries including Pastors, Imams and Masters of Ceremonies at public events as well as the local Radio and TV stations insist on the official nomenclature of the chiefs, lies and fooling the public to achieve undue recognition would have been consigned to the rubbish heap. Registered organisations also lending themselves to being used for public disorder and illegalities risk proscription.

Oyekola insisted that a responsible government will one day come up to probe all the malpractices creating confusions in the localities. According to him, one problem here is the lack of electricity which has largely reduced public information otherwise a lot of people could have been watching all the reported disciplinary actions live on television and thereby become more enlightened instead of being brainwashed through propaganda dominating the social media channels.

The Civil Service Rule compels all career officials of Government to always uphold neutrality and refrain from partisan politics while carrying out their official functions. This is because they must work under whosoever is the politician elected or nominated to lead their establishments without considering which political party he belongs to. While career officers also have the rights to vote in elections, they are not to take active party in electioneering campaigns and must not be in membership of any political party among other code of conduct laid down in the Civil Service. Whoever is caught violating the rules is liable to disciplinary actions stipulated in the Civil Service Rule. So if you must play partisan politics, you must resign your appointment.

In recent years, some traditional chiefs in Yorubaland exploring some loopholes in governance have taken to impunity as a way of life in exercising their priviledges of appointment. While the power abuses adopted have earned some chiefs including Obas arrests and detention, prosecution and outright dethronement, there are some who thought they could do and undo through their political affiliations. However, the frequent incidents of Obas and Baales getting involved in sharp practices are giving concerns to well-meaning members of the public and attracting criticisms of the various elected governments. In the last two years, several Obas and chiefs have been publicly arrested, handcuffed and stripped of their symbols of chieftaincy titles by the law enforcement agencies particularly the Nigeria Police. These sad occurrences have been witnessed in Lagos (Osolo of Isolo), Ogun (Olu of Ilaro), Osun and Oyo States (Oniware of Iware removed, a professor oba of a community near Ogbomoso jailed and others) which were widely reported in the news media in the country. In spite of these, the malpractices which have pulled down some traditional rulers from grace to grass seem not to abate. It will therefore not be surprising if we wake up one day to see that Government has come up with new rules and policies to reduce the powers of traditional rulers in the country.

Happy National Independence Anniversary
01/10/2025

Happy National Independence Anniversary

COMMUNITY LAND’S TRESPASS LATEST:COURT RESUMES HEARINGThe State High Court Saki Judicial Division on Tuesday 23rd Septem...
23/09/2025

COMMUNITY LAND’S TRESPASS LATEST:
COURT RESUMES HEARING

The State High Court Saki Judicial Division on Tuesday 23rd September, 2025 resumed hearing on Suit HSK/14/2025 filed by the coalition of Ago-Are High Chiefs and key members of the Edu Ruling House over alleged trespass on Ago-Are Community land by a business company Xmbolic Nigeria Ltd. and five other defendants one of whom is late.

The court had been on vacation since the middle of July this year and resumed work in September.

At the hearing, the court struck out the objections earlier stated by the defence counsel to the first defendant in the suit (Xmbolic) Ben T. Ogunjobi Esq. following his acceptance that the company was truly properly served with the court summons.

The court also granted the petitioners (the high chiefs and Ago-Are princes) leave to file more affidavits in response to the defence statements of the defendants.

In arguments for the 2nd to the 6th defendants in the suit, their counsel Oluwasesan Dada Esq. in his interpretation of the word ‘community’ had stated that all his five clients and indeed anyone on Ago-Are soil should be regarded as members of the Ago-Are Community, adding that the defendants were just making their living on the land as farmers. However, the prosecuting counsel O.T. Alaka Esq. countered the statement by clarifying that nothing was on the land by the time the petition against the five defendants were filed in court but they went on to plant crops on the alleged trespassed land in spite of the court summons.

Also in the defence of his company, a manager of Xmbolic Mr. Olatunde Edunjobi present in court tried to explain that the steel container office mounted on the alleged trespassed land was just meant for security and safety of the staff from the sun and rain and nothing else.

However, the sitting judge said that without taking sides the court had earlier advised all parties in the case to maintain the status quo by not doing anything on the contested land until the suit is determined and justice delivered, adding that it is in their own interest to do so to avoid incurring losses.

Present in the court on Tuesday were the two witnesses documented for the 2nd defendant in the suit (the incumbent Aare of Ago-Are Land) Prince Abdul Ganiyu Oladeji and Prince Sule Oyebisi.

Also present was Sunday Oladokun a.k.a. Degbee one of the defendants and the Basorun of Ago-Are and others who came to witness the court hearing.

It would be recalled that seven out of the eight kingmakers in the Ago-Are Monarchy and over 30 princes who are key members of the royal compounds of the Edu Ruling House of the Aare of Ago-Are Kingdom had gone to court this year to safeguard community land allegedly trespassed upon by the stated business company and private individuals suspected of colluding with some members of the Community who are said to be only after their own selfish interests at the expense of the existence, stability and progress of the Town.

Breaking News !!!COURT SACKS CATTLE MARKET REVENUE COLLECTORSReports reaching AYR have revealed the court ruling on Suit...
02/09/2025

Breaking News !!!

COURT SACKS CATTLE MARKET REVENUE COLLECTORS

Reports reaching AYR have revealed the court ruling on Suit HSK/17/2025 delivered on Tuesday 2nd September, 2025 compelling all the revenue collectors at the Ago-Are Cattle Market to stop work immediately and henceforth to give way for new ones to be appointed by the three major stakeholders in the Community.

The ruling delivered by the High Court Iseyin has mandated a new set of revenue collectors jointly constituted by the three parties namely the Aare of Ago-Are Land, the Board of Trustees of the native assembly the Ifelodun Ago-Are Parapo and the seven kingmakers who has instituted the legal action to stop sharp practices and misappropriation of incomes accruing from the Cattle Market also known as Kara (kraal).

Five key points were stated in the ruling as follows:

1. The Revenue collectors in the Cattle Market (Kraal) to stop collecting revenue from that market on Mondays and Thursdays from Tuesday 2nd September, 2025 forthwith.

2. The Claimants in the suit (the seven Ago-Are kingmakers), 1st Defendant (the incumbent Aare of Ago-Are Land) and the 10th Defendant (registered trustees of the Ifelodun Ago-Are Parapo) to nominate two persons each to resume the revenue collection in the Kraal market Ago-Are on Mondays and Thursdays forthwith.

3. One nominee from each of the three identified parties (the kingmakers, the Aare of Ago-Are Land and the Board of Trustees Ifelodun Ago-Are Parapo native assembly) to open a joint bank account wherein all three of them shall be co-signatory to manage the fund in any commercial bank operating in Ago-Are or nearest environs.

4. The 1st Defendant (the Aare) entitled to present request for funds for the day-to-day administration of the Palace and other reasonable necessary expenditure which shall be approved.

5. The six nominees to whom revenue coming from the Market to the Ago-Are Community to meet once in every month to consider the income and expenditure from the joint bank account and give the financial report to each of the leaders of the three parties in the suit (Agoro of Ago-Are Land, the Aare of Ago-Are Land and the Chairman Ifelodun Ago-Are Parapo).

In the suit, A.Y. Aderogba Esq. stood as the counsel for the seven kingmakers (claimants), Simeon Babajide Esq. stood as counsel for the incumbent Aare of Ago-Are Land (1st defendant, Akanbi Ogunbayo, Mathew Adeniyi, John Alabi Adeduntan, Muritala Alimi Mustafa and Mr. Ayinde Olayinka (5th to 9th Defendants) while O.S. Olabode Esq. stood as counsel for the Chairman Ifelodun Parapo Engr Ayobami Adebayo (2nd defendant) , ADCEL Committee Chairman Mrs Funmilayo Adeleke Aluko (3rd defendant), Solomon Adekanmbi Chairman Eka Idale (4th defendant) and tthe Board of Trustees of the Ifelodun Ago-Are Parapo (10th defendant) respectively.

The Ago-Are Cattle Market (Kraal) functions twice in a week (Mondays and Thursdays). The next market day Thursday 4th September, 2025 will reveal how the court ruling has been implemented by the stakeholders.

To facilitate smooth application of the court ruling, the Nigeria Police Oyo State Command through its Area Command Saki and the Divisional Headquarters Ago-Are have been involved by the parties.

In his ruling on Tuesday, the High Court judge, Justice Yemi S. Adekunle had commended the parties in the suit for showing that peace is supreme and above every other considerations.

The legal action of interlocutory application taken by the seven out of eight recognised kingmakers of Ago-Are started on 28th May, 2025.

More details later.

COMMUNITY LAND’S PROBE:OLORUNWA DENIES PURCHASE OF LAND It has now been established that the claims that an indigene Pas...
27/08/2025

COMMUNITY LAND’S PROBE:
OLORUNWA DENIES PURCHASE OF LAND

It has now been established that the claims that an indigene Pastor Emmanuel Olorunwa resident in Oyo Town purchased acres of land belonging to the Community in the 70s through the immediate past Aare of Ago-Are Land HRM Oba Jubril Oyesiji Oladoke of the blessed memory is not true.

This is part of the successes recorded by the independent investigation panel on land matters set up at the recently concluded 2025 annual general meeting of the native assembly Ifelodun Ago-Are Parapo to unravel the controversies over alleged trespass on several acres of community land.

KO RI BEE O

In an interview with the investigation panel headed by Mr. Michael Oke, Pastor Olorunwa made it clear that he neither purchased the land in question from the traditional ruler nor from the Parapo. The businessman who is the Chairman Whilzy Industries a plastic utensils’ manufacturing company based in Oyo explained that elders of the Ifelodun Parapo native assembly at a jam packed meeting holding at the Ago-Are Native Court premises (as there was no town hall then) deliberated on his proposal to establish a farm for his food processing business.

The elders were Pa Tafa Ode, Mr Azeez Barber (Agoro Onile Nla’s Compound) and Mr Jonathan Ayantunji Onilu came up with the recommendations to grant him acres of land in Ago-Are for the farm.

According to Pastor Olorunwa, the grant proposal was strongly opposed initially by an elder Alhaji Raji Elewure but the elder eventually supported it later thereby making it possible to go ahead with the plan.

Speaking further, Pastor Olorunwa stated what led to his proposal for the land grant about 40 years ago was the Federal Government’s withdrawal of import licences in the country in favour of sourcing for raw materials locally for manufacturing industries. He wanted to establish a flour mill at the time and he and his engineer went to Germany for the procurement of the relevant equipment, adding that he spent a lot of money on the venture.

However, at a point when his proposal was being opposed at home, Pastor Olorunwa said he became angry and decided to go and meet the Baale of Agunrege Chief Jimoh who was an old acquaintance who had stayed in his father’s house at Sanngo in Ago-Are with other brothers for five years when he was schooling.

The businessman absolved Oba Oyesiji from the allegation of land sale stating emphatically that the land being investigated was granted by the committee of the Ifelodun Parapo native assembly to him for his business not sold.

There have been accusations and counter-accusations at the August 2025 AGM of the Ifelodun Parapo on portions of community land at Aba Raimi alleged to be sold to Pastor Olorunwa in the early 70s by Oba Oyesiji Oladoke. While the incumbent monarch made the allegation as part of his opening speech among other things stated on Monday beginning the week-long AGM, a member of the Oladoke Compound, Edu Ruling House, Prince Yisau Oladoke countered the allegation during the deliberation on Wednesday at the meeting.

GALLANTRY, PROBITY CELEBRATED AS MODEDE IS LAID TO REST*Community leader par excellence*Ardent peacemaker*Patron to the ...
20/08/2025

GALLANTRY, PROBITY CELEBRATED AS MODEDE IS LAID TO REST

*Community leader par excellence
*Ardent peacemaker
*Patron to the Royal Ambassadors and Lagos 10 Eka Idale
*Good ambassador of BHS Saki
*Inspiration to the youth
*Vacuum hard to fill by family

Wednesday 20th August, 2025 will always be remembered in Ago-Are as a day when gallantry, team spirit and probity are celebrated in the Community as the remains of former Chairman of the native assembly Ifelodun Ago-Are Parapo Modede Mathew Ogunjimi who died recently aged 70 was committed to Mother Earth.

Gunshots from native hunters celebrating life boomed for hours from morning to afternoon time as tumultuous crowds of mourners and well-wishers from far and near swept the main road to Saki and the streets in the town to catch the last glimpse of an industrious leader much respected by the young and old.

Modede a teacher by profession and a settler in the Town led the Ifelodun Parapo native assembly for eight years in the 90s during the reign of the immediate past Aare of Ago-Are Land Oba Jubril Oyesiji Oladoke and sacrificed much of his spare time to work for the peace and progress of the Community. His team spirit in handling community matters was clearly visible in the jam packed City Hall where a commendation ceremony was organized in his honour early in the day as people abandoned their businesses to pay their last respect to him. He was fondly remembered as a Parapo leader who steered Ago-Are away from destabilizing conflicts from within and outside the Community and organized preventive measures towards further conflicts that could arise in the future.

Dignitaries present as well as old acquaintances including his former students took turn to extol the virtues of the deceased. The representative of the Eka Idale (branches in the Diaspora) at the ceremony, Mr. Mathew Adekanmbi broke down in tears and could not make his speech and had to excuse himself out of feeling of nostalgia for the days they worked together for the Community’s development.

While speaking at the commendation ceremony, Mr Mathew Ajewole who is one of the past chairmen of the Parapo made it known that though the deceased was not an indigene but actually a settler, he worked diligently for the common good of the entire community and fought gallantly to make Ago-Are peaceful.

In his own remarks at the ceremony, the Acting Chairman Edu Ruling House, Prince Isa Oyekola a.k.a. Salamalykum said that nothing would be well recounted on modern development of Ago-Are without mentioning the name of the deceased, adding that when the Community was under heat from serious conflicts that threatened its existence, Ogunjimi was there.

It would be recalled that under the chairmanship of Modede the Ago Aare Day Celebration (ADCEL) was established and the Community also embarked on tree planting to demarcate its boundaries with neighbours making trouble over land matters. Ago Are also repelled a surprise invasion by a militia successfully in the 90s.

A representative of his Baloko neighbourhood at Saki also urged people to emulate Mr. Modede Ogunjimi, describing him as a good peace builder who was also the chairman Building Comittee of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Apinnite, Saki.

If the City Hall was jam-packed, the funeral service at the First Baptist Church Ago-Are could be best described as thronged throughout the duration of the event.

In the sermon delivered by a guest preacher at the occasion Rev. Nathaniel Adegoke from Igboho, everyone present was enjoined to remember the last day on earth and life after death,

Rev. Adegoke urged the powerful and mighty among men and women to tread softly hinting that the World is slippery and to do good in whatever post they found themselves in the society. He referred to Mr Modede Ogunjimi as an example of a good leader, counselor and mentor. ‘Beware of the last day’ he emphasized.

Prayers were offered for Ago-Are, Oyo State and the Nigeria Nation at the event.

Among the mourners present was a former Commissioner for Youth & Sports Oyo State Hon. Joe Makanjuola Ayoola, Chief Timothy Ojeleye of Steyr Bauchi, Justice Kareem Adedokun, representative of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) Saki Zone and the Baptist High School Saki Old Students Association who came in large numbers dressed in white. The Women of Balode’s Compound Ago-Are also thrilled the mourners at the Hall with various praise songs and dance for the deceased and in honour of the family.

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