What more can a soul ask from his creator, other than wealth, children, long life and affluence. Sir Adebutu Kesington could not have asked for anything less. He is indeed grateful to his creator for making him stand tall and firm with an impressive business empire that will outlive him.
The business and betting magnate, with the sobriquet (Baba Ijebu), is a philanthropist and cheerful giver to the core. Those in doubt can take a stroll on the streets of Iperu-Remo and Ogun state at large, they will surely be shocked at the level of donations, he has made within the state and beyond. If you ask his children, one thing they’ve learnt from their octogenarian father, it will be, living an exemplary and impactful life, laced with cheerful giving.
For a man, no honour is greater than being honoured in his lifetime. The Iperu-born billionaire like a woman who just got delivered of a baby is in high spirits. On Saturday, the 19th of October, he will, like other Yoruba heroes including Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief G.O.K Ajayi, be conferred one of the biggest and prestigious Yoruba titles – the Odole Oodua by the House of Ododuwa under the leadership of HIM, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II.
Trust Baba Ijebu when it comes to hosting top socialites, political office holders, captains of industry and top monarchs to an high octane Soiree, most especially, since his 84th birthday will be on the 24th of October. The ancient city of Ile-ife will stand still for the glitz, razzmatazz and glamour the title conferment will offer.
According to palace source, The title “Odole” etymologically, derives from the expression “odo ile Oodua” (the youth in the house of Oduduwa). “It is a contraction of the expression adopted as a title to perpetuate the ideal of internal cohesion for which Oranmiyan stood in the Oodua family of the ancient days. The title is a special office, which works closely with the Ooni in rallying the descendants of Oduduwa wherever they are in the world for unity, peace and progress of the race. The Odole Oodua, is a highly revered chieftaincy in Yorubaland pioneered by the great Oranmiyan while he was still a Prince of Ife. Oranmiyan served as a rallying point and stabilizing force among the powerful empires within the expansive Oduduwa territory before becoming the Ooni in Ife after his exploits which cut across Benin and Oyo kingdoms, where he established his royal dynasties which have been in existence till date.”
The founder Kensington Adebukunola Adebutu Foundation(KAAF), we gathered is planning a grand palace entrance, where he will ride gleefully in an all white horse chariot. He has gotten several other chieftaincy titles in the past; he is the Babalaje of Lagos, Olotu of Lagos, the Asoju Oba of Lagos. He is also the Balogun of Iperu Remo Baba Oba of Noforija Kingdom, Epe, the Baba Oba, Ebi of Idena, Iperuland, the Baba Oba of Iperu Remo, Akogun of Remoland, Bobaselu of Ondo conferred on him by the Osamawe of Ondo Kingdom.