Filed under: IKARE AKOKO, OKALAND, Uncategorized | Tags: Akokoland, CHIEF MRS WILFRED AWOSIKA, CHRISLAND SCHOOLS LAGOS, OBA YUSUF ADEBORI ADELEYE, SENATOR BODE OLAJUMOKE
• .The OLUBAKA OF OKA land ,HRM OBA [DR.]ALHAJI YUSUF ADEBORI ADELEYE before ascending the throne on April16th,1988 was once a Legal Practitioner a State Magistrate in Lagos State, a Police Assistant Superintendent[ASP].He was once the Chairman of the Ondo State Council of Obas,and he was also the Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University[AAU]Akungba Akoko. • .OKA AKOKO was a name contracted from OKARUFE-meaning OKA –IFE with several settlements [Oke Oka, Ayepe, Ayegunle, Okia, Simerin, and Uba.] • .On Saturday2nd April,2008 while celebrating the annual Oka Day and the 20th year on throne two prominent Nigerians where honoured with Chieftaincy titles: • CHIEF DR.BODE OLAJUMOKE,Senator for Ondo North Senatorial,and Chairmen Senate Committee on Navy was installed the BASHORUN of OKALAND. • .While CHIEF MRS WINFRED AWOSIKA the Proprietor of CHRISLAND GROUP OF SCHOOLS,Lagos was also installed ERELU of OKALAND.
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AKOKOLAND IN WIKIPEDIA:
Akoko is a large Northeast Yoruba settlement in Yoruba-land, the area spans from Ondo state to Edo state in South-West Nigeria. Akoko takes a large percentage of local governments in Ondo state. Out of the present 18 Local Government Councils in the State it takes four, namely: Akoko North-East, Akoko North-West, Akoko South-East and Akoko South-West. Adekunle Ajasin University, a State owned University, is located in Akungba-Akoko,a state specialist hospital at Ikare-Akoko,a General hospital located at Oka-Akoko,a new three star hotel at Ikare-Akoko
GEOGRAPHY:Akoko comprises about 40 small towns, predominantly situated in rocky areas of Ondo state. The rocky terrain nevertheless, may have helped the region to become a melting ground of sort with different cultures coming from the north, eastern and southern Yoruba towns and beyond. Akoko, became one of the few Yoruba sub-groups with no distinctive local dialect of sort. Major Akoko settlements include Ikare, Oka, Arigidi, Irun, Ogbagi, Okeagbe, Ikaram, Akungba, Erusu, Ajowa, Akunnu, Gedegede, Ishua, Supare, Epinmi, Ipe, Oyin and several other autonomous communities Akoko is popularly known as the home of education and has the second largest number of professors in the country, with Ekiti state taking the lead.
INDUSTRY 
redominant occupations of the community include; large scale farming and teaching.
NOTABLE ILLUSTRIOUS SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF AKOKO INCLUDE:Saint Moses Orimolade Tunolase Founder Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Late Prof S.O. Adamu First Professor of Statistic in Africa, Late Femi Bankole Osunla, Photographer & PRO to Late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Late Chief Adebisi Ogedengbe, former Minister under Aljyu Shehu Shagari, Late Oba S.T Aliu, former commissioner in the old Western Region, Maj. Gen. Aduloju (rtd), Late Chief Rufus Giwa, former Chairman Unilever Nig., Late Chief J. A. Adeniyi , renowned educationist, HRH,Oba Alex Jimoh, former Secretary Ministry of Defence, Oba Oladunjoye Fajana (PhD), former African Development Bank and World Bank Executive, Late Professor Kola Folayan, Chief J. O. Sanusi, Past Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Olu Agunloye, former Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, late Dr. E.O. Jaiyebo, Late Chief Adebayo Adefarati, former Governor of Ondo State, Late Z. A. Ogunmola, renowned educationist, Otunba Solomon Oladunni, former Vice-Chairman of Mobil Producing Unlimited, Col Adejoro Ikupolati (Rtd) Director Army Communication Corps, Member Ondo State Executive Council Works and Housing, Chairman Akoko South Local Government, Mr. Sunday Ehindero former Inspector General of Police, Mr Emmanuel Olugbenga Ogunleye, former USA Social Security Administrator, candidate for California State Assembly, and CEO of Disability Evaluation Services, Ambassador Ayodele, Professor C.O. Imoru, Mathematician of international renown, Prof N Adu-renowned mathematician, Prince Tokunbo Kayode (SAN),Present Minister for Labouir and Productivity,and former Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Late Chief Obayan, Otunba Felix Babatunde Obada PhD, Engineer Taye Afere of UNDP-MDV: Ikaram/Ibaram Millennium Village Project, Prince Oyewole Jatto, Head of Department Finance and Account Federal Road Safety Commission-Nigeria, Chief. Segun Abraham, Otunba Jobi Fele, Oloye-Maiyegun Olabisi O.Ogunjobi, former Vice-President of the African Development Bank Group, Stanley O Ikupolati Director FISL International Training, EEC African Development Project.Tunji Abayomi (PhD), renowned political and human rights activist and counsel to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Bayo Yusuf,An International Agronomist and former Nigerian Ambassador to Togo, Adesoji Adesugba, Director Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Commodore Momodu (rtd), Professor S.O. Olusi, Surveyor A.A. Balogun, former Deputy Surveyor-General of Nigeria, Professor M.O. Balogun, Mr S Olusa, Chief J. S Adeola, Engr. Alex Ogunmola, T.A Ogunmola, Wole Ogunmola, Femi Ogunmola, Olusola Adekunle Ogunmola, Rear Admiral S.A Aremo (rtd), Engr. Bayo Kolade, Engr. Olu Elewa, Engr. Wande Elewa,Amb. Tomi Olumoko, Akin Daramola, Otunba Ganiyu Adams Leader of the OPC, Rev. Prophet T. B. Joshua of The Synagogue Church Of All Nations, S.S. Omoyola, Prof Michael Oladimeji Faborode V.C Obafemi Awolowo University Ife, Osun State, Ade Adeola -MD/Global Head Oil & Gas Standard Chartered Bank Plc UK, Prof Ajayi Borofice D.G National Space Research and Development Agency, Brig Gen Olorunfemi,Head, Education Corps, Nigerian Army, Lagos, Colonel Roland Omowa (rtd) Former ADC to Gen.Olusegun Obasanjo, S.B Bello Marketing Manager,AP Plc National headquarters Lagos, Foluso Oye Deputy Director Special Security Services Ondo state, Late Simon Ola-olorunpe Adeboye, an educationist of great repute who also meritoriously served the state Judiciary in his later days, Late Roy Chicago reknown highlife musician and many others across the globe.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 2010 worl cup, CAF, elegbeleye, house of representative committee on sports, IKARE AKOKO, kenyan football team beaten, super eagle
NIGERIA: EAGLES – AKOKO LAWMAKER BEMOANS DEARTH OF STARS -Gbenga Elegbeleye The deputy chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Sports, Hon. Olugbenga Elegbeleye, has confessed the shortage of skilled Nigerian footballers needed to raise optimism of the country’s participation in the 2010 World Cup tournament. Elegbeleye, (PDP, Akoko North/East/West, Ondo State) in an interview further admitted that the chances of the country qualifying for the 2010 World Cup tournament were dicey on account of Tunisia’s leadership of the group.In his outline of what was required for Nigeria to win the group ticket for the South Africa football mundial, Elegbeleye said Nigeria would have to beat Tunisia home and away and also trash Kenya in the same way to assure qualification for the first senior tourney on African soil. But assessing the country’s chances he said: “Let me tell you the truth, the best footballers are not from Nigeria. If you count among the first ten from Africa no Nigerian will be there. Our boys are not among the best in Africa today. It is not a matter of conspiracy against us,” he confessed in an interview. Continuing on the shortage of experienced footballers from the country, he said: “By the time they give out the CAF awards how many Nigerians win anything? With the exception of Mikel, none of our boys is playing for a big club in Europe. No Nigerian playing for Man U, no Nigerian playing for Barcelona, no Nigerian playing for Liverpool,” | He said as he noted that the only Nigerian playing for the Italian Serie A side, Inter Milan, was not a regular player. “So Nigeria does not have players among the biggest clubs in the world, so we are really not the best in Africa, we need to sit down and be patriotic. The only thing that they need to do is to sit up, train together for about two weeks and show patriotism and they will go to the field and win,” he concluded. ———-
-The Vanguard,Wednesday,15th, April 2009————–
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Akokoland, apase of ekiti music, elemure ogunyemi, irun akoko, juju music, lekan-ishola adepoju
Ishola AdepojuThe name of late Irun-Akoko music exponent, Ishola Adepoju, may not ring any bell among non-Ekiti/Akoko music lovers and the younger generations. But few of those who knew him would argue that he was the best Ekiti dialect musician that ever lived. The most popular Ekiti musician, Elemure Ogunyemi, whose name has become synonymous with the genre among even non-Ekitis, attested to this fact in one of his albums, in which he addressed Adepoju as the leader of all dialect musicians. It is also on record that the late Irun Akoko, Ondo State-born Ishola Adepoju, a retired Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), was the first musician to popularise the dialect music genre beyond non-Ekiti/Akoko music lovers, and record an album. However, good news emerging from the grave of the sonorous singer is that two years after his demise, many of his numerous fans spread across Ondo, Ekiti and Osun States, who still find it hard to come to terms with the loss of the great musician from the Sunshine State, are begin-ning to take solace in the fact that Adepoju actually replaced himself in his son before breathing his last. The young Lekan Adepoju, who has already been crowned Apase of Ekiti music by no less a person than the master himself, Elemure Ogunyemi, is fast leaving up to the billings as a chip off the old block. —————– Nigerian Tribune,Saturday,14th February,2009——-
