Oke Agbe is a prominent town under Akoko North West Local Government of Ondo State. It is predominantly occupied by Yoruba speaking people with its own unique dialect. Oke Agbe, which is not too far from Arigidi, Oyin Akoko and Omuo, all Yoruba speaking towns, has its own language also. Oke Agbe boasts of significant development that has taken place in the town particularly in the last seven decades. It also boasts of personalities who have and are still contributing their own quota to the socio, economic and political development of Nigeria. The town is unique in its own way with four traditional rulers in the town that address issues relating to the town, all well learned, travelled. In this publication, FAKEYE ADERONKE brings to you thirty personalities that Oke Agbe can boast of amongst other prominent and important personalities.
HON. OLUBUNMI TUNJI OJO
Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo is the Minister for Interior. He was former House of Representatives member representing North East/North West Federal Constituency at the house of reps. He is the son of the soil doing well and representing Oke Agbe well.
OLUFEMI OLADELE OJOBORUN
He is an Entrepreneur who retired from flour mill Ilorin branch years back. Presently he is a dealer with Dangote products and goods.
ENGR. ADEWALE OLORUNTOBI
He is also from Oke Agbe. He works presently with Exxon Mobil. He has also travelled far and wide.
- TUNJI ABAYOMI
Dr. ABAYOMI is a popular human Right Activist and a renowned lawyer. He is also the Pro Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State. He has travelled far and wide. The likes of former President Obasanjo, Human Right Activist, Femi Falana are his close friends. He is a well respected man. He is representing Oke Agbe well.
OTUNBA DR. AYODELE OLADUNNI
OTUNBA Oladunni is a former Executive Vice Chairman of Exxon Mobil (Exploration and Production). He has an impressive career path. He is a renowned industrialist, business man, philantropist. He attended several professional bodies. He is the Asiwaju of Oke Agbe due to his contributions to the development in the community. He is well loved and respected.
- FOLORUNSO AREWA
He is a Medical Doctor by Profession. A surgeon with the Federal Teaching Hospital Abuja. He is from Oke Agbe doing well in his medical line.
PRINCE CHARLES OLUMUYIWA BABALOLA
He is a Tax and Real Estate Consultant in the United State of America. He is the Managing Partner/Chief Executive Officer of Babson Consult and Associates. He has over two decades experience in tax related matters in the U.S liasing with Department of Treasury ( IRS) to solve tax problems between various clients and government.
ELDER AYODELE SAMSON AKANDE
He is the immediate past Local Government Chairman of Akoko North West Local Government. He is an expert in taxation. He is also a politician of high repute. He is from Oke Agbe.
CHIEF OLABODE SEKONI
He is an Entrepreneur, philantropist of many years of experience. He is into hospitality business. He is the brain behind SEKOBOD Company.
MR OLALEYE ADEBIYI
He is a renowned lawyer by profession doing well in his legal profession. He is from Oke Agbe .
- OLALERE OLORUNTOBI
He is in the Oil &Gas sector. He works with Exxon Mobil and doing well. He is from Oke Agbe.
ENGR. AKINWUNMI BADA
He was a former Director with Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Abuja.He is popularly called ASA BADA. He is a renowned Engineer who got most of his trainings abroad. He is from Oke Agbe.
- TUYI EHINDERO
Dr. EHINDERO retired as a Director from PZ Company where he worked for many years and contributed his quota to the development of PZ industries.
CHIEF BODE SUNMONU
He is a politician. He has worked as a Special Adviser to former Governor Olusegun Agagu when he was a Governor. Chief SUNMONU is a banker by Profession.
OBA (DR) SAMUEL AWOJULU. He is a Chartered Accountant by Profession. He is well read, exposed and well travelled and commands lots of respect in Oke Agbe.
PRINCE DELE ADELABU
He is a cousin to Oba Dr. Samuel AWOJULU. They are so close that they are always together. Prince is a renowned businessman. He is also a philantropist who commands great respect within Oke Agbe. He is from the royal family of AFA Oke Agbe.
ENGR. MUYIWA OLADUNNI
Engr. is a younger cousin to OTUNBA Asiwaju of Oke Agbe, Dr AYODELE Oladunni. He works with Oil & Gas Company doing well.
ENGR. AKINWALE GIWA
Engr. Akinwale is the son of late Chief Rufus GIWA. Chief Rufus GIWA was the Chairman and Director of Unilever. He was also an Accountant.
PASTOR SEYI KOLAWOLE
He is a Pastor who commands great respect within and beyond Oke Agbe.
OBA ALEXANDRA JIMOH
He is a retired Civil Servant and he is the Owage of Oge Oke Agbe, one of the communities within Oke Agbe.
- MRS JUSTUS ONI
She is a from Oke Agbe. She is a Manager at International Breweries Plc makers of Trophy Larger Beer. She has contributed immensely to the growth of Oke Agbe.
TEMITOPE FAGBEMI
Tope is a young dynamic Entrepreneur. He is also into politics. He is well behaved and well known within and beyond Oke Agbe.
PROF. SOLA ALIU
He is a Professor in the Academic field. He is doing really well in his field.
CHIEF ERASTUS AKEJU
He was the Commissioner for works during the administration of former and late Governor Adefarati.
PRINCE ABEL
OPE OLONIYO
He is the Secretary, Ondo State Registered Nurses and he is doing well.
NEW STORY
Justice Forum & Mandate Group In Supremacy Battle
- Over The Control Of LAGOS APC
Ahead of 2025 local government election in Lagos State, 2 prominent political groups in the state, the Justice Forum and the Mandate Movement have started warming up. There are many intrigues surrounding the upcoming events, as one feels it deserves better, especially when it comes to key appointments and recognition in the state.
In every election cycle in the State, JF and TMM always show strength over who should control the politics of the Lagos APC in terms of who gets what and how. This often gets to the level that the highest decision body in the party, the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), is always polarised along group interest.
At this period, almost all the major institutional structures in the party and government seem to have been polarised along the interest of the Justice Forum and the Mandate Movement as there is currently a sharp division among the GAC, serving and past Council Chairmen, serving and past House of Assembly members, serving and past House of Representatives members, serving and past political appointees and even serving and past Senators who are of the Lagos APC extraction.
One significant thing is that the two political caucuses often time, pledge their loyalty to President Bola Tinubu whom they perceive as their unifier and benefactor. Secondly, both groups lay claim to huge grassroots presence and followership. The two groups rekindled their battle few days ago when they held separate inter-faith prayer session for President Bola Tinubu in commemoration of his 72nd birthday in Lagos. Both caucuses threw tantrum at each other at the seperate venue as they claimed to be the dominant and overarching group in the Lagos APC.
The first to hold prayer session was the Mandate Movement which has as its leader, a GAC member, Cardinal James Odunmbaku (Baba Eto). The group which held its prayer session at Oduduwa way in the GRA area of Ikeja, has the backing of the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt (Hon) Mudashiru Obasa, the Chief of Staff to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Mr Tayo Ayinde, former Minister of Works, Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, Sen. Ganiyu Solomon, the State Party Chairman, Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi and other notable Lagos political bigwigs.
Addressing the gathering, Obasa charged members of the group to begin to hold meeting twice a month after Ramadan, adding that they should openly declare their support for Mandate Movement in their various local council.
He explained that the group is loyal to the President, adding that the group respects the party. “We respect our party leadership. We are APC members. We belong to Tinubu and we are guided by his political philosophy. If our party (APC) Chairman summons us today, we will go because we respect the State Chairman. So, don’t be scared to openly say you are members of Mandate”, Obasa told the attendees. In his remarks, Ayinde explained that The Mandate Movement would continue to stand by the President, adding that Tinubu had shown capacity and competence. Ayinde added that the Prayer Session was neccessary to celebrate Tinubu’s birthday and pray for his continuous success in the running of the country’s affairs. He expressed confidence that Tinubu would lay strong foundation for the country’s development and that his successor after 8 years would continue from there.
In his comments, Odunmbaku told the attendees not to be scared of openly supporting the Mandate Movement, adding that they would end up becoming beneficiaries of the Movement. He said the Movement has the backing of major stakeholders in Lagos APC, urging the members not to be swing by any propaganda.
Meanwhile, the Justice Forum led by the Ikeja House of Representatives member and Secretary of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council, Hon. James Faleke, has the strong backing of the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, Chairman of the GAC and close ally of President Tinubu, Prince Tajudeen Olusi, former Lagos APC and Commissioner under Tinubu in 1999, Otunba Henry Ajomale, former Deputy Governors, Prince Abiodun Ogunleye, Mrs Joke Orelope, Mrs Sarah Sosan, GAC member and former Secretary to the State Government, Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Bashorun, GAC member, Otunba Bushira Alebiosu, former Minister of State for Defence, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, amongst others. The group which held its own prayer session in a hall at Agidingbi road, Ikeja, believed they cannot be cowed to submission in the party.
Addressing the gathering, Prince Olusi, said that the group was the first to come up in Lagos APC, adding that it was a political group that produced Asiwaju Tinubu as Governor in 1999.
Olusi said that those who control the Lagos APC were majorly in Justice Forum, adding that it was a group that gives equal opportunities to all. He acknowledged the spread of the group’s membership at grassroots, urging the members to continue to hold their meetings.
“ Some people in our party do not know the history of Lagos APC. Those who know decided to claim ignorance which is their own problem. Justice Forum, is th oldest and first caucus in Lagos APC. We dominate the party both at the state level and the local government level. Any other group comes after us.
“You all should continue to hold your meetings in your various local governments. For us to be able to control the crowd at this event, we only ask each local government to come with 50 members and you all can see how the crowd is”, said Olusi.
Meanwhile, Hon. James Faleke, who is also the Lagos State Coordinator of the forum, appreciated the understanding and support of all Nigerians in the face of the present economic realities.
He assured citizens that their patience and perseverance would not be in vain. The lawmaker said the essence of the prayers offered to Mr President was to celebrate him and also ask God to guide him to realise the gains of his economic reforms. “Asiwaju is a juggernaut, he is a generous man, he has built human capacity, he has delivered in Lagos and he has already started to deliver in Nigeria. “What we know of him in the last 30 years has not changed and there is no way he is going to change. “He is going to serve Nigeria with all his heart because he is a leader and you don’t find too many of him in any generation.
“After Awolowo, it is Asiwaju in Yoruba land and nobody can dispute it. He is our man and the President of Nigeria,” he said. Faleke wished the president more happy years on earth. A close ally of President Tinubu who spoke with WesternPost on condition of anonymity, said the President was aware of the renewed battle, saying that he gave his support to both groups. The APC Chieftain added that President Tinubu sees them as his political godsons who want to re-establish their loyalty to him ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“ President Tinubu, will definitely seek re-election in 2027 and so he sees the groups as his own. He belongs to both JF and Mandate Movement. He is aware of their struggle to control Lagos APC ahead of 2027.
“President Tinubu, needs everyone for the re–election and majorly to win Lagos. He does not want what happened in 2023 in Lagos where Labour Party (LP) won APC at the presidential election to happen again”, said the Chieftain.
Meanwhile, some political observers opined that the outcome of the 2025 APC local government primaries would determine the strongest and most influential group between the two groups.
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