Via Protector Nigeria
July 27, 2024 | 7:00 PM
A British-trained Nigerian funding banker has turn out to be the primary globally recognised face of the colorful and drumbeat-heavy Ojude Oba pageant, in Ogun State in south-west Nigeria. However that’s not the enjoyable half. Farooq “Dayo” Oreagba isn’t just a scorching mind on horseback. He was identified with a number of myeloma and beat the most cancers after an almost decade-long battle.
A British-trained Nigerian funding banker has turn out to be the primary globally recognised face of the colorful and drumbeat-heavy Ojude Oba pageant, in Ogun State in south-west Nigeria. However that’s not the enjoyable half. Farooq “Dayo” Oreagba isn’t just a scorching mind on horseback. He was identified with a number of myeloma and beat the most cancers after an almost decade-long battle.
Dressed within the wealthy, royal Aso Oke fabric for which the individuals of southwestern Nigeria are identified, and with screaming tattoos on his arms that informed the story of his life, the childlike, freckled finance government rode his stallion for the Oreagba clan, a household whose horsemanship historically graces the annual Ojude Oba pageant, which started in 1893, earlier than the British floated the thought of the nation we now know as Nigeria.
Farooq's grandfather himself led the horse parade till his loss of life in 1967, after which his uncle led the procession and later, from 1984, one other uncle joined in. Maybe it's a matter of genetics!
The pageant welcomes a various group of extremely profitable businessmen and girls, professionals and customary individuals and honours the supreme ruler of the Ijebu Kingdom, historically identified by the title [Awujale] – Oba Sikiru Adetona, who himself turned 90 a number of weeks in the past.
The arrival of dignitaries on the carnival that day is a number of names from the Ijebu kingdom. Probably the most well-known diaspora son is Bayo Ogunlesi, chairman and CEO of World Infrastructure Companions, an organization that owns not solely Gatwick and Edinburgh airports, but in addition London Metropolis Airport in the UK and the Italian railway firm Italo.
The parades and troupes identified domestically because the Regbe-Regbes are led to the King's presence. Generally they arrive in a colourful array of luxurious vehicles, together with Rolls Royce Phantoms. This choreography of automotive exhibits makes the Grammy arrivals seem to be an novice night by comparability.
Whereas Brazil has its Carnival in Rio, the Ojude Oba pageant has slowly developed right into a dignified and nearly egalitarian gathering of a individuals, introduced collectively by the cultural depth of a kingdom that predates the daybreak of the Industrial Revolution and the primary car.
The Ojude Oba pageant is now formally however seemingly able to kick off with a worldwide sheen and focus, thanks in no small half to the following era of clan leaders and 'stallion hunters' [SS]as a now notorious funding banker, fondly often called the “Steeze” of the 2024 Ojude Oba Competition.
With Danish weapons on the prepared, the pictures have been fired originally of the structure and planning for the 2025 version of the pageant, now billed as the biggest because it started within the historical kingdom of Ijebu 130 years in the past.
