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Hitherto to his coronation, i heard from the grapevine that Chief Adebutu will be installed as the new Odole Oodua of Yoruba land, I immediately disregarded the rumour, not because i felt he was/is not fit to hold the post but because i knew his archives are full of many awards and at age 84 , he may as well want to take it easy, but in the social circle i have learnt to give high premium to rumours and surprisingly he decided to take up the role to work closely with Kabiyesi Ooni of Ife to change the history of the Yoruba race
Confimatlvely after years of absence, the hiatus was broken , the vaccum was filled and the new Odole of Oodua was installed on the 19th of October 2019
Evidently the Position has always been occupied by Men of intergrity, whose passion for humanity is enormous, whose love for growth is fashionable , whose investment to humanity demands no returns and i was not surprised when Sir Adebutu was chosen to occupy the role of Odole Oodua.
His ideologies and passion are both in conformity with what God demands from His subjects
I have known Baba Adebutu while growing up but i became very close some years back, my first two encounters were strictly for business, i remember i introduced the E- lotto to him in his office, after the presentation, he refused to subscribe to my idea but gladly today, the idea has been implemented, the other time was also for business, at the second push though he refused to agree with another of my idea again but i enjoyed his act of benevolence being the sequels of my drive
Subsequents visits were prior to my wedding, he embraced my decision to wed and jokingly said that i have chosen the same date ( August 18th) he got married to his wife years back and again i enjoyed his largesse
The greatest thing i have done for humanity was through him, i met this woman at Lasuth, who had lost hope over his little son because of his health status and the surgery bill which she could not afford , i took the little boy details and I called Baba Adebutu to intimate him with the development and in his usual way he coughed out the sum of 7 million for the little boy surgery
If i decide to write about him i will not in a day be able to write all i have learnt from him, he is a Superman
The coronation finally came to fruition, all arteries led to Ile Ife, big personalties trooped in droves to honour a Man of great colors, those of us that could not travel had our appetite fed on the number one Television station of Nigeria as we watched with great delights
The new Odole Oodua is saddled with a great responsibility, he must be seen as non- partisan, he must see his new role as a clarion call and grant many the audience that is needful to move the race forward
His doctrine must accomodate all and be ready to channel every resource in his capacity
I have no doubt that the right man has been chosen , his antecedents speak well of him and today i join the Yoruba race to say Congratulations
A ku ori re
Akintunde oyekoya
