It was joy unlimited at the just concluded 2019 Ojude Oba Festival as 20
lucky winners went home with 10 brand new tricycles and 10 LED
Television sets courtesy major sponsor, Globacom.
The tricycle winners were announced after the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi picked the draws.
One of the
winners of the tricycle, 37-year old civil servant with the Ogun State
Hospital Management Board, Mr. Asiwaju Adebowale commended Globacom for
the kind gesture, adding "I feel great. I will start a transportation
business to
augment my salary.
In the same vein,
another tricycle winner, 40-year old Olayemi Henry, a social worker
with the Justice Development and Peace Commission who lives in the
Obalende area of Ijebu Ode said the tricycle will further endear his
Commission to
the Globacom brand while a panel beater who also won the tricycle
announced, "I will use it for business".
Some of the
winners of the LED TV lauded Globacom for giving back to the society.
Mrs Obafunmiloye Ogunniyi, an Events Planner said "Glo is the best. I
was aiming for the tricycle but i got the LED TV".
In the Regberegbe
group, Egbe Bobamayegun Okunrin Asiwaju came first while Egbe
Bobamayegun Okunrin emerged second and Egbe Tobalase Okunrin came third.
In the female
category, Bobamayegun Obirin Aremo came first, Jagunmolu Obirin Original
came second while Jagunmolu Stainless emerged third.
In the Balogun
category, Balogun Odunuga Family came first, Balogun Shote emerged
second and Balogun Alausa Family was adjudged third.
Meanwhile, a
Political Science Graduate of the Olabisi Onabanjo University currently
undergoing the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) programme in Ibadan,
Mosunmola Omotayo, had been crowned as the 2019 Miss Ojude Oba.
She defeated
eight other contestants in a competition where all the participants made
three appearances in traditional, casual and dinner wears. They were
rated for their elocution, poise and comportment in the keenly contested
beauty pageant.
The dark and tall 25 year-old queen is an entrepreneur in catering and event planning.
A 300-level
student of English Education at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife,
Imisioluwa Jesutofunmi Jinadu, emerged as first runner-up while 20
year-old Funmilade Fanadez Osoteku was adjudged as the second runner-up.
Earlier, up and
coming artistes raised the curtain with scintillating performances
directed by resourceful MC Bash complemented by melodious tunes mixed by
DJ Tops. Ola Flow won the rap battle while Tunde Olorioko and Teju
Adeyemi won smartphones
in the Dance Competition for male and female categories respectively.
Lady drummer,
Ayanfola and her 15-people ensemble, serenaded the audience with
delightful tunes from the talking drum (gangan). She meandered from
folklore Ijebu songs to contemporary tracks, compelling the audience to
bring out their phone
cameras to record the unique performance.
Lil'Kesh revved
up the musical show with sundry popular tunes enthusiastically chorused
by the lively crowd of attendees who came to round off their Ileya
festivities with sublime fun. His performance was a master class as he
engaged the
audience intermittently and indulged the people with his rich
repertoire of songs including Shoki and Able God.
The Asiwaju of
Fuji popularly addressed as "African Michael Jackson", Alhaji Abass
Akande Obesere and his beautiful dancers closed the musical show with a
big bang. He spent considerable time to remind the crowd that Glo is
the best network
as he dished out melodious and 'funkified' songs that sent the crowd
into a frenzy. Dressed in a combo of green and white to show his
affinity for the Nigerian national colours and Globacom's colours,
Obesere and his Glo-branded band members, sent the crowd
into an ecstasy of musical pleasure.
The attendees
commended Globacom for the well choreographed musical show, adding that
the event capped the eventful and bubbly 2019 Ileya festival
celebrations for them.
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